Gu Yu understood some of what Dugu Xing said. Most people with the War God Physique were martial arts fanatics, and to deal with one, you had to defeat them instantly. Otherwise, if they were given a chance to get back up, they would become stronger and stronger each time. Moreover, martial arts fanatics desperately needed opponents; a strong opponent would make their cultivation progress even faster.
"Dugu Xing, we can be more than just rivals; we can also be friends. The threat from the Source Gate is growing, and the Source Gate world is full of geniuses. I think you know something about the Southwest Source Gate. Their geniuses reach the Commander Realm in their teens, and some of the geniuses in the powerful Source Gates are even at the peak of the Marquis Realm in their teens, or even the King Realm. On one hand, we can treat each other as rivals to spur ourselves to improve our strength, and on the other hand, we can cooperate like friends to deal with those geniuses of the Source Gate." Gu Yu said to Dugu Xing. Perhaps it was because he had always heard others mention the name Dugu Xing, which made Gu Yu curious about him, and after seeing this person, Gu Yu thought he was a good person.
"Alright!" Dugu Xing nodded upon hearing Gu Yu's words. "We'll fight side by side."
"Yes! We are rivals, but not enemies. Our enemies are the invaders from the Source Gate." Gu Yu emphasized again. Humanity needs geniuses, and the future needs strong people to support it. As long as Dugu Xing doesn't perish along the way, it's obvious that he will become one of the strongest people in the world, just like Li Shanpo and Huangfu Kui, protecting humanity.
"By the way, Brother Dugu, what's with those rat monsters?" Gu Yu asked, looking at Dugu Xing.
“I’m not entirely sure either. I’ve encountered rat monsters before, but they’re just like the rats on Earth—timid. I only had to kill a few, and they’d immediately run away. But about four or five days ago, they started acting differently. They suddenly began attacking us. Although they’re still timid, it seems like they’ve received some kind of order to specifically hunt down humans, and they’re becoming increasingly frenzied. As you’ve seen, they’ve even deployed two Rat Kings, and it seems like they also have a Rat Emperor.” Dugu Xing said.
"There must be something fishy going on. What are they after?" Gu Yu frowned after listening to Dugu Xing's story. If the rat monsters of the entire Dragon Realm were to become hostile to humans, it would not be a good thing for them. Although these creatures would not invade Earth, those who came to the Dragon Realm to collect Origin Stones in the future would suffer.
"It seems the Rat King lost something," Dugu Xing said. "When I was being chased by that Brave Rat King, I think I heard it say something. It demanded that I hand over something. I was already exhausted at the time. If I hadn't escaped here, and the Corpse Beetle King hadn't blocked the Brave Rat King and its army, I'm afraid my life would be in danger!"
At this point, gratitude appeared in Dugu Xing's eyes as he looked at Gu Yu.
"The Rat King lost something?" Gu Yu frowned even more. Although all of them who entered the Kunlun Origin Gate were geniuses, their cultivation levels were not high enough to steal something from the Rat King! The most crucial point was that they were able to escape safely. Could it be that the Rat King had made a mistake?
Of course, it's not that no one can do it. Gu Yu could do it with the God-Slaying Array Plate, but he didn't steal anything from the Rat King! That's very strange.
"What on earth could possibly make the Rat King so furious?" Gu Yu asked, puzzled.
“Yes! I’m wondering the same thing,” Dugu Xing agreed.
"Damn it!" the two said at the same time. "Tell them to stop healing and get out of here immediately."
As Gu Yu and Dugu Xing spoke, they immediately began calling out to everyone. If the Rat King had really lost something important, then this place would be in great danger. Although the two Rat Kings had been repelled by Gu Yu, they would definitely tell the Rat King when they returned. So it was very likely that the Rat King was already on his way.
If the Rat King is only in the early or mid-stage, Gu Yu might be able to kill him with his ultimate move. But what if the opponent is in the late or peak Emperor Realm? Gu Yu's contribution points are only enough to unleash his ultimate move once. If he can't kill him with one strike, he will become a lamb to the slaughter, and the opponent also has an army of countless rat monsters! So they need to leave this place as soon as possible.
Upon hearing Gu Yu and Dugu Xing's words, the recovering group immediately got up and began to move to other places.
They had no complaints whatsoever; if the Rat King himself came, they would surely die.
Shortly after they left, Ma Li, carrying Lu Yao, suddenly appeared. Beads of sweat were already on Ma Li's forehead. He was already quite charming, but now, due to exhaustion, his face had turned deathly pale, making him appear even more sinister.
“A great battle has just taken place here, hmm!” Ma Li paused for a moment. “It was them, hehe… truly a stroke of luck.”
"What's wrong?" Lu Yao asked from Ma Li's arms.
"Heh... I've figured out how to get rid of that guy behind us." Ma Li said sinisterly, then moved and rushed in the direction where Gu Yu and the others had retreated.
As the group was being moved, a figure suddenly appeared in front of them, which immediately put them on alert.
"Ma Li? Lu Yao?" Upon seeing these two, everyone frowned. However, Gu Yu, Dugu Xing, Zhang Huangling, Li Daoquan, and Xiang Tianjiao all focused their attention on Ma Li. This guy's aura was actually at the King Realm, and the aura on his body, which was originally a rather sacred golden light, was now an extremely dark and uncomfortable black aura.
"How did you become like this?" Dugu Xing frowned as he looked at Ma Li.
“He absorbed the resentment of the dragons,” Gu Yu said. He knew very well why Ma Li had become like this, and he had almost died at Ma Li’s hands.
"It carries the resentment of the dragon race?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, everyone frowned. They had seen that pitch-black resentment before, and it made them very uncomfortable, let alone absorb or carry it. How did Ma Li manage to do it?
Whether or not one becomes a heretical cultivator is unimportant; what matters is increasing one's strength.
"You possess the primordial spirit of a five-clawed golden dragon, so you can bear the resentment of the dragon race?" Li Daoquan immediately guessed what was going on.
"Wait! Why are you here?" Gu Yu suddenly realized something was wrong.
“Hehe…” Ma Li chuckled coldly and wickedly upon hearing Gu Yu’s words. “Gu Yu, I really didn’t expect you to be here. But I don’t plan to kill you today. I have a big gift for you.”
"A big gift package?" Gu Yu was taken aback, as were the others.
However, just a second later, Gu Yu's expression suddenly changed, and everyone else's expressions also changed, because a powerful aura was chasing after them from a distance.
"Hope you like it, bye-bye." After saying that, Ma Li moved and disappeared.
"Run!" Gu Yu shouted immediately, but it seemed a little too late. The figure in the distance had already appeared in front of them. Sure enough, it was a rat monster, and the aura on its body actually had the feel of a royal realm. At this moment, it was a rat monster at the quasi-royal realm. Looking at this rat monster, everyone's face was extremely ugly.
"Damn Ma Li!" Gu Yu cursed through gritted teeth. If they still couldn't figure it out by now, they would be idiots. It was obvious that the Rat King was chasing Ma Li. That guy deliberately lured the Rat King here to make them deal with the Rat King so that he could escape.
"Humans, surrender now!" The Rat King looked at the twenty-odd humans in front of him, and his aura immediately emanated from his body as he spoke.
He had already sensed the cultivation levels of these humans; the strongest was only at the peak of the Commander Realm. This was not a problem for him at all, especially since his army would arrive soon.
“We didn’t take anything from your rat clan. The person who took your rat clan’s things just left,” Gu Yu said to the Rat King.
"Hmph! There's not a single good human being. I'll take you all down first, then I'll go after him," the Rat King said, before slowly walking towards the group.
At this moment, the God-Slaying Array Plate appeared in Gu Yu's hand, and his combat power immediately rose to the early stage of the Emperor Realm, which made the Rat King, who was slowly walking over, tremble.
Damn it, how could he suddenly become so strong? How is this possible? He was only at the third level of cultivation, how could he have reached the Emperor Realm all at once? Although he doesn't have the aura of an Emperor, this aura is definitely no less than that of the early Emperor Realm.
Gu Yu ignored the Rat King's shock and immediately drew his wooden sword. He needed to finish the battle quickly. This Rat King's combat power was only at the level of 512 dragons. Although it had condensed a Void Cone, it was still inferior to him. Its imperial aura could not even offset one-third of his attack power.
boom…………
Gu Yu suddenly slashed at the Rat King with his sword. The Rat King immediately retreated, dodging Gu Yu's attack. Then, it actually burrowed directly into the ground, which made Gu Yu frown.
At that time, the Crimson Dragon used this method to give the Barbarian a lot of trouble. In the end, the Barbarian had no choice but to rely on his own methods and tactics to stir up the earth and force the Crimson Dragon out.
This scene is playing out again. The Rat King and the Crimson Dragon are at roughly the same cultivation level, with the Rat King even surpassing the Crimson Dragon. The Crimson Dragon is a true peak King Realm cultivator, while the Rat King is a Quasi-Emperor. Most importantly, although Man Qi has fused with a cone, he still possesses true Emperor Realm combat power and methods. Gu Yu is inferior to Man Qi in this respect. Currently, Gu Yu only possesses the aura and combat power of an Emperor Realm cultivator; in other words, he's no exaggeration to be a Quasi-Emperor. There's simply no way he could force the Rat King to reveal his true power.
Of course, it's not entirely hopeless. Gu Yu could rely on his most powerful trump card, the Blade Nurturing Technique, which costs 300 million contribution points, to force the opponent out from underground. However, Gu Yu only has enough contribution points left to use it once, and he doesn't want to waste them on a quasi-emperor.
This is troublesome. If they try to escape regardless, the Rat King will definitely keep attacking them. Gu Yu may not be afraid, but are others not afraid either? He should have learned the Crimson Dragon's earth-burrowing technique.
"Get out here, you coward!" Gu Yu shouted. He originally wanted to say "cowardly as a mouse," but then he thought about it and realized that this guy was indeed a mouse.
"Did you steal my Rat Clan's Demon Dragon Pearl? I advise you to hand it over immediately." The Rat King was unlikely to come out; instead, he addressed Gu Yu.
"The Demon Dragon Pearl?" Gu Yu was taken aback. It seemed that the news Dugu Xing had heard was correct; the Rat Clan had indeed lost a treasure. But what was the Demon Dragon Pearl? He did know about the Thunder Dragon Pearl.
"Human, stop pretending. I've been wondering all along how a mere King-level cultivator could steal the Demon Dragon Pearl from the Rat King. He should at least be an Emperor-level cultivator. Now that I've seen you, I'm absolutely certain." The Rat King said confidently. It was now convinced that Gu Yu had stolen the Demon Dragon Pearl. As for Ma Li, it had only encountered him suddenly and suspected him because of his extraordinary strength. Little did it know, it was completely wrong.
"Gu Yu, did you really steal the Demon Dragon Pearl?" Li Daoquan suddenly frowned and looked at Gu Yu, and the others also looked at Gu Yu with suspicion.
If Gu Yu really stole it, then they didn't need to thank him at all. After all, it was Gu Yu who had harmed them. Thinking of this, their eyes held a hint of resentment as they looked at Gu Yu.
Most importantly, even He Wen and the others thought it might have been Gu Yu who stole it, after all, Gu Yu's cultivation level was undeniable, but they didn't hold any grudges against him.
"Gu Yu, we were so grateful to you back then, but it turns out you're the one who caused us to be hunted down?" Ling Juefeng and Nangong Yang, those two brainless guys, said angrily to Gu Yu.
"I didn't steal it." Gu Yu only said three words. He didn't need to explain anything. If these people believed him, those three words were enough. But if they didn't believe him, even if he said ten thousand words, it would be useless.
“I can prove that Gu Yu didn’t steal it,” Zhang Huangling said at this moment. “I can also prove it,” Ri Jiu also said.
“We believe in our leader,” He Wen and the other nine said at this moment.
"Hmph! Everyone knows you're all in cahoots. Gu Yu, hurry up and give the Demon Dragon Pearl to the Rat King. I don't want to be surrounded and killed by the Rat Clan again because of you," Ling Juefeng said.
“I believe it wasn’t Gu Yu who stole it.” Dugu Xing said at this moment. He recalled his conversation with Gu Yu before. No matter how he thought about it, it didn’t seem like Gu Yu had stolen it. Although he hadn’t known Gu Yu for long, he felt that if Gu Yu really took it, he wouldn’t bother to explain anything, but would just admit it directly.
"Perhaps there's a misunderstanding," Sima Wentian said at this moment.
"Hmph! Human, hand over the Demon Dragon Pearl right now!" The Rat King didn't care about Gu Yu's excuses! It was now convinced that Gu Yu had stolen the Demon Dragon Pearl.
"I'll teach your grandma's leg." Gu Yu was furious and frustrated. He felt very aggrieved facing this guy who had burrowed into the ground and couldn't be pulled out.
At the same time, the earth suddenly shook, and the dust that suddenly rose in the distance caused everyone's expression to change abruptly.
"Run." That was everyone's first thought, but the next second, they found that dust was rising from all directions, and they were surrounded again.
Gu Yu, who was watching this scene, also frowned. It was all that damned Ma Li's fault.
"Prepare for battle!" Gu Yu shouted.
"Gu Yu, if you really took the Demon Dragon Pearl, hand it over and return it to the Rat Clan!" At this moment, Nangong Yang looked at the rat monsters coming from all directions, and his face turned ashen with fear.
“Yes! Gu Yu, we’re begging you.” Ling Juefeng said.
“Gu Yu said he didn’t take it, and that’s it. If you dare to slander Gu Yu again, I’ll tear your mouths apart,” Ri Jiu said angrily upon hearing their words.
Faced with the densely packed army of rat monsters surrounding them from all directions, Gu Yu suddenly activated the God-Slaying Array Disc in his hand, instantly enveloping everyone in the Six Directions Demon-Controlling Array.
"Humans, my rat army has arrived! You can't escape now!" The Rat King on the ground said excitedly. It had been stalling for time. In fact, if Gu Yu had insisted on running away, it really wouldn't have been able to stop him. But Gu Yu had taken a lot of burdens with him. These people couldn't escape, and Gu Yu didn't even have the slightest intention of abandoning them. The Rat King didn't understand Gu Yu's actions, but it was truly grateful to these people.
"Your Majesty the Rat King!" The Rat King underground suddenly became agitated. "Humans, my Rat King has come in person! Why don't you surrender?"
"The Rat King?" Gu Yu frowned and looked in a direction in the distant void.
A black rat monster descended from the void, emanating a chilling oppressive force. The rat army immediately prostrated themselves on the ground, bowing their heads respectfully to welcome their emperor.
The Rat King is not tall, about 1.5 meters. Its appearance is basically the same as that of a human, the only difference being that its eyes and nose are those of a rat.
"Human, how dare you steal my Demon Dragon Pearl!" the Rat King shouted at Gu Yu.
"Peak of the Emperor Realm." Gu Yu's brows furrowed immediately. What he feared most had come to pass. He was afraid that the Rat King was at the peak of the Emperor Realm, but it turned out that the other party really was at the peak of the Emperor Realm. This was a real headache.
Even if he used his ultimate move, he couldn't kill the peak Emperor Realm opponent.
After all, the opponent's combat power is already 1000 dragons. Relying on the methods of the Emperor Realm, it can completely block Gu Yu's ultimate move.
Gu Yu pondered, "I can't fight, I can't win!"
"Your Excellency Rat King, I think you have misunderstood. I did not steal your Demon Dragon Pearl." Gu Yu moved and floated into the void, facing the Rat King from afar, and said.
"Besides you, who else could steal the Demon Dragon Pearl from under my nose?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the Rat King roared, "My Rat Clan and your Human Clan have always kept to ourselves, yet you humans stole my Demon Dragon Pearl. It's despicable, you deserve to die."
As the Rat King spoke, his imperial aura immediately emanated, causing Gu Yu to involuntarily retreat slightly.
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