"What's the problem?" Long Yuan frowned and asked.
"Did the Dragon Clan obtain the Source Heart?" Gu Yu asked, looking at the Dragon Source.
“No, that’s impossible,” Long Yuan said immediately, his tone very certain.
"Really?" Gu Yu continued to ask, "Don't you find it strange? Why would the two gods and demons of Qiankun choose Kunlun Origin Sect as their battlefield? Why didn't they choose Earth or any other world? Why did they choose your Dragon Realm?"
"This..." Long Yuan was taken aback by Gu Yu's question. Yes! Why would the two gods and demons, Qian and Kun, choose to fight in the Dragon Realm? Was it because the Dragon Realm's spatial barrier was too strong? The spatial barriers of the Heavenly Court and the Demon Realm were no less than those of the Dragon Realm! Moreover, once you reach the God Realm, you will choose to fight within your domain, so as not to damage the outside world. A domain is both a way to enhance power and a way to protect the outside world. So why don't the two strongest gods and demons use their domains?
Were they doing it on purpose? Deliberately annihilating the dragon race? But the dragon race has no enmity with gods and demons! But then the question arises: why?
"Long Yuan, do you think it's possible that Yuan Xin is in the Dragon Realm?" Recalling the Yuan Xin he saw in his previous life, Gu Yu felt that the two gods and demons, Qian and Kun, chose to fight at the Kunlun Yuan Gate for the sake of Yuan Xin. As far as he knew now, Yuan Xin hid the secret to becoming the strongest in the world, which was very likely the secret to becoming one of the Thirteen Cones. Although the two gods and demons, Qian and Kun, were powerful, they were not the Thirteen Cones. Therefore, they fought for Yuan Xin, and the Dragon Clan suffered the disaster of extermination as a result.
"Impossible, absolutely impossible. If the Dragon Clan had a Source Heart, how could I not know? I am the head of the Twelve Dragon Gods, and apart from the Dragon Ancestor and the Azure Dragon God Emperor, I am the third most important person in the entire Dragon Clan. If it were truly there, I would definitely know." Long Yuan was now caught in a dilemma. Yes! He was indeed the third most important person, but what if the Dragon Ancestor or the Azure Dragon God Emperor were hiding it from him?
The temptation of breaking through to the thirteenth cone is so great. Honestly, even if he got it, would he tell anyone?
“Long Yuan, can you guarantee you don’t know? But your dragon clan has so many powerful figures, don’t they all have it?” Gu Yu asked. “Your dragon clan likes shiny things. I’ve seen the Source Heart. If what I saw was real, then in this world, apart from the sun, there is nothing shinier than the Source Heart. What if it’s some dragon who doesn’t know it’s the Source Heart and picks it up and keeps it?”
"You've seen Yuan Xin?" Long Yuan suddenly paused, "Where?"
“I told you before that I seem to have been reborn, or it feels like I was dreaming. But no matter what, the Source Heart I saw back then was in the center of the Dragon Realm, deep within it. I happened to bump into the Source Heart before I died, and that’s why I was reborn,” Gu Yu said. He had told Long Yuan that he might be a reborn person, but he had never told Long Yuan that he had seen the Source Heart in the Dragon Realm. This was a secret he had always kept hidden.
“Source Heart.” At this moment, Long Yuan fell into deep thought. If that were the case, then the dragon that obtained the Source Heart was a sinful dragon, who caused the destruction of the entire dragon race.
"The most urgent thing is to quickly search for whether the Thunder Dragon Pearl is here, and then go deep into the area to find Gan. I believe he knows everything," Gu Yu said.
“That’s right.” Long Yuan nodded.
At this moment, Zhang Huangling was at the very front, constantly sensing the surrounding lightning, trying to find the Thunder Dragon Pearl.
Gu Yu, Long Yuan, and Ri Jiu were also helping with the search. During this time, they found eight dragon marrows, some of which were at the King level and others at the Emperor level.
"Wait!" Just as the group was searching, Long Yuan's expression suddenly changed. He looked at the area above where lightning was raging and immediately sensed a dangerous aura.
Gu Yu and the others also sensed this dangerous aura.
It was a corpse beetle monster, its body radiating lightning, and its gaze was also fixed on the three people and the dragon.
“The Thunder Dragon Pearl has indeed been preserved,” Long Yuan said again, “and it’s inside its body.”
"Huh?" Upon hearing Long Yuan's words, Gu Yu and Zhang Huangling's expressions changed drastically.
The corpse beetle in front of us is terrifying. Its power far exceeds that of the corpse beetle king that Gu Yu subdued. This may be a corpse beetle emperor, and it also has the Thunder Dragon Pearl.
Moreover, at this moment, they were not thinking about how to obtain the Thunder Dragon Pearl, but rather how to leave this place, because the Corpse Beetle King had already set its sights on the three of them. Suddenly, bursts of lightning swept out, unknowingly surrounding the three of them and the dragon.
"You have slaughtered all my descendants, how dare you! But I am very curious, how did you get here? Are you not afraid of the power of gods and demons?" the Corpse Beetle Emperor suddenly asked.
It had considered leaving, but even with its extraordinary strength and the Thunder Dragon Pearl, it couldn't escape the divine and demonic power outside. How could it not be puzzled that these weaklings had managed to get here? If it could find a way to leave, that would be wonderful for it.
After all, no matter how powerful it is, what's the use of being trapped here? Sooner or later, it will die of old age here.
“That’s right, we are not afraid of the power of gods and demons.” Gu Yu replied at this moment. Facing the Corpse Beetle King, even if he used the God-Slaying Array Plate and the Blade Nurturing Technique, he would still find it difficult to defeat him. The aura of the opponent was no weaker than that of the Duo Dun he had encountered before, and was even much stronger. Moreover, the opponent also possessed the Thunder Dragon Pearl.
Although the Thunder Dragon Ball is not a divine artifact, it is a special existence, and its power is absolutely no less than that of a divine artifact.
The Corpse Beetle King possessed an artifact no less powerful than a divine weapon, making him a formidable opponent, perhaps even stronger than Huangfu Kui or Li Shanpo, who were at the peak of the Emperor Realm. Moreover, he clearly possessed the aura of an Emperor, rendering the attacks of 1,000 dragons completely ineffective.
“Hehe…” Upon hearing Gu Yu’s words, the Corpse Beetle King suddenly chuckled, “If you tell me how you can be unafraid of the power of gods and demons, I can spare your lives.”
At this moment, the Corpse Beetle King believed Gu Yu's words because it had searched the entire area. Besides dragon bones, lightning, resentment, and corpse beetles, only divine and demonic power remained. It hadn't explored any areas containing divine and demonic power, but had thoroughly searched every other place. Therefore, the appearance of these people clearly indicated that they came from the source of divine and demonic power.
“No problem, I can tell you how we are not afraid of the power of gods and demons, but you have to exchange something for it,” Gu Yu said, looking at the Corpse Beetle King.
"Exchange something for something? What kind of thing?" The Corpse Beetle King was taken aback. "Dragon marrow? I do have some here. If you tell me how, I'll give it all to you."
Then, hundreds of dragon marrows appeared in the hands of the Corpse Beetle King. Most of these dragon marrows were of the King Realm, and there were quite a few of the Emperor Realm as well, but there were none of the God Realm. These dragon marrows were its food. Every few decades or hundreds of years, it would eat one to satisfy its hunger.
"I don't want the dragon marrow." Gu Yu was also surprised to see the dragon marrow in the Corpse Beetle King's hand. They had searched for a long time and only found eight pieces of dragon marrow. At first, they were confused! The dragon bones here were relatively intact, so the dragon marrow should also be intact. How could there be so little dragon marrow? It turned out that the Corpse Beetle King had taken them all.
"You don't want the dragon marrow?" The Corpse Beetle King was stunned when it heard Gu Yu's words. In fact, it had been observing Gu Yu and his group for a long time. Ever since Gu Yu unleashed that slash, it had been observing Gu Yu. After all, the commotion of that slash was too great, and the power of that slash made the Corpse Beetle King feel threatened.
So it had been secretly observing Gu Yu and his group. It noticed that these people seemed to be looking for something. Then it discovered that Gu Yu and his group were looking for dragon marrow. Therefore, when Gu Yu offered to exchange something, it assumed it was dragon marrow.
"Then what do you want? Source stones?" The Corpse Beetle King suddenly took out five source stones. Upon seeing the source stones, Gu Yu's expression changed immediately. Five top-grade source stones, and they were top-grade source stones full of energy.
“It’s not Originium, but Originium can be considered a secondary item,” Gu Yu said.
"Then what do you want? I only have dragon marrow and source stones on me, nothing else," the Corpse Beetle Emperor said, frowning.
“No! You do,” Gu Yu said.
"I have it?" The Corpse Beetle King fell into deep thought. Suddenly, it noticed Zhang Huangling's gaze and its expression changed immediately. "No, I cannot give you the Thunder Dragon Pearl. The Thunder Dragon Pearl is the foundation of my cultivation. One day, I will be counting on it to break through to the God Realm! At that time, I will be the Corpse Beetle God."
"I want the Thunder Dragon Ball," Gu Yu said firmly.
"Don't be so stubborn. I treated you with courtesy, but you made outrageous demands. Since that's the case, don't blame me for being impolite." As soon as the Corpse Beetle Emperor finished speaking, the surrounding lightning swept towards Gu Yu and his companions.
“If you kill us, we will never know how to resist the power of gods and demons,” Gu Yu said immediately. “Moreover, this secret is on me, and only I can use it. No one else can.”
"Are you deceiving me?" Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the surrounding thunder paused, and the Corpse Beetle King looked at Gu Yu and said.
“Why would I need to deceive you? You know perfectly well that outside, where the power of gods and demons sweeps, even a god-level cultivator would be killed if they ventured in. Let alone a king-level cultivator like you. My cultivation is only at the third level, yet I can move freely because the blood of gods and demons flows within me. You simply cannot do that.” Gu Yu said coldly, looking at the Corpse Beetle King.
There is no method. The only method is the bloodline of gods and demons. Only gods and demons can be immune to the power of gods and demons.
"Impossible! How could you be a god or demon? How could a god or demon be as weak as you?" the Corpse Beetle King asked in disbelief.
"Hehe..." Gu Yu chuckled, "But that's me. I wonder if your strength is enough to withstand that resentment?"
"What do you mean?" The Corpse Beetle King frowned, not understanding what Gu Yu was saying.
"The dragons here all died at the hands of gods and demons. They were filled with resentment, and over the years, this accumulated resentment has formed this immense aura. Even the mighty power of gods and demons is repelled by this aura and cannot penetrate it. This aura sees gods and demons as its greatest enemies. If I reveal my divine or demonic power or bloodline, they will frantically try to kill me. If I can withstand this aura, I will show you whether I am a god or a demon," Gu Yu said. "Actually, you should be most grateful to us gods and demons for what you are today. When you see me, you shouldn't act like this, but rather be respectful to me. After all, if the gods and demons hadn't destroyed the dragon race, how could you exist?"
"Do you think I'm stupid?" the Corpse Beetle King said upon hearing Gu Yu's words. In fact, upon careful consideration, it seemed that it should indeed thank Gu Yu and the gods and demons. If the dragon race had not perished, how could they have been born?
"You still don't believe me? Here's what we'll do: you disperse the lightning that's trapping us, and I'll take you to the realm of divine and demonic power so you can see if what I said is true or false," Gu Yu suddenly said.
If he were to fight, his chances of defeating the Corpse Beetle King were almost zero. As for taking the plunge? He dared not gamble. If he lost, he would surely die. He couldn't afford to gamble. He had already experienced death once and didn't want to experience it a second time.
Now, Gu Yu had a plan in mind: to kill the Corpse Beetle King with the power of gods and demons. Of course, he wouldn't use his own power, as it was too weak; he would use the power of gods and demons from outside.
"Hmph! Do you really think I'm a fool?" The Corpse Beetle King sneered upon hearing Gu Yu's words. "What if you enter the power of gods and demons and escape?"
"Huh!" Gu Yu was taken aback when he heard the Corpse Beetle King's words. It seemed that the Corpse Beetle King was a little smarter than the Corpse Beetle King, but only a little smarter.
"Then what do you suggest we do? Should we just stay here in this stalemate?" Gu Yu said.
Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the Corpse Beetle King fell into deep thought, seemingly considering a countermeasure. Suddenly, it moved, appearing in front of Gu Yu in a teleportation.
"Come with me. They will stay here as hostages. If you run away, I will turn them into dust," said the Corpse Beetle Emperor.
Upon hearing the Corpse Beetle King's words, Gu Yu smiled inwardly, more than he could have hoped for! However, he couldn't appear too nonchalant, lest the Corpse Beetle King become suspicious, since this guy was indeed much smarter than the Corpse Beetle King.
"No, how could you do this? They have to come with us," Gu Yu said, looking at the Corpse Beetle King.
"Hehe... It seems they are very important to you." The Corpse Beetle King laughed upon hearing Gu Yu's words. It had been testing the waters. What if Gu Yu didn't care about these guys' lives and ran away? Even if it killed them, what difference would it make? It still couldn't leave this place.
"It's not important, it's not important, you've misunderstood." Gu Yu hurriedly waved his hand and said, "But you must keep your word and absolutely cannot hurt them, otherwise, I..." Gu Yu said through gritted teeth.
"Don't worry, I keep my word." After saying that, the Corpse Beetle King grabbed Gu Yu's shoulder and flew away instantly.
However, it stopped ten meters away from the power of gods and demons, which showed that it was very afraid of the power of gods and demons.
"Can we begin?" Gu Yu asked, looking at the Corpse Beetle King.
"Wait!" The Corpse Beetle King looked at Gu Yu, still somewhat uneasy. "If you run away, I will tear those guys to pieces."
"Don't worry, I won't run away," Gu Yu said, and then the Corpse Beetle King released Gu Yu's shoulder.
Gu Yu then slowly walked into the area where the power of gods and demons was present. He did not walk too fast, for fear that the stupid Corpse Beetle King would think he was trying to escape.
Upon entering the range of divine and demonic power, Gu Yu immediately unleashed his divine and demonic power.
The Corpse Beetle King's eyes widened in shock. It could see the surging divine and demonic power emanating from Gu Yu's body, and it could also see that the surrounding divine and demonic power was not only harmless to Gu Yu, but was even converging towards him, like a lost child finding his family.
"Are you really a god or demon?" the Corpse Beetle King asked, still somewhat incredulous that it had actually encountered a living god or demon, and that this god or demon's cultivation was so weak.
"Of course, the facts are right in front of you, don't you believe it? Who can resist the power of gods and demons besides gods and demons? Who can control the power of gods and demons besides gods and demons?" Gu Yu said arrogantly. Looking at the Corpse Beetle King who was shocked by the attack, Gu Yu said, "How about it? As long as you hand over the Thunder Dragon Pearl, I will take you out."
"No." Upon hearing Gu Yu's words, the Corpse Beetle King, who was initially stunned by the shock, shook his head. "I can give you all the dragon marrow and source stones I possess, but not the Thunder Dragon Pearl."
"If you don't agree, I won't take you out. You'll just stay here and be trapped," Gu Yu threatened.
"Gods and demons, don't forget, your companions are still in my hands. If you don't take me away, I will turn them to dust right now," the Corpse Beetle King threatened in return.
“You…” Gu Yu said through gritted teeth as he looked at the Corpse Beetle King.
"Gods and demons, I'll only give you three seconds to consider," the Corpse Beetle King said, looking at Gu Yu who was gritting his teeth.
"One...two..."
"Alright, alright, I promise you, but you have to give me all the dragon marrow and source stones." Gu Yu said to the Corpse Beetle King. He was secretly delighted. As long as the Corpse Beetle King followed him into the range of the divine and demonic power, it would be the time for the Corpse Beetle King to die.
"Alright, I will give it to you naturally after you take me out. Don't try any tricks, I can kill your companions at any time," said the Corpse Beetle King.
“Okay,” Gu Yu said. “Come here, and I will control the power of gods and demons to keep them away from you.”
"Gods and demons, let me emphasize again, your companions are currently trapped by my lightning. With just a thought, I can turn them into dust. So if I enter the range of the power of gods and demons, and you suddenly control the power of gods and demons to attack me, do you know the price?" the Corpse Beetle King threatened again.
If it were to enter the range of the power of gods and demons, and Gu Yu were to let the power of gods and demons attack it, even if it had the Thunder Dragon Pearl and the cultivation of the late Emperor Realm, it would not be able to withstand the sweep of the power of gods and demons. Fortunately, he felt that it had controlled Gu Yu's companion.
"I know," Gu Yu said. At this moment, Gu Yu had already thought of a plan. Once the Corpse Beetle King entered the range of the divine and demonic power, he would use the God-Slaying Array Disc to teleport to Ri Jiu and the others, and then unleash his ultimate move to break the lightning.
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