Boom... Crack...
The blade shield shattered the moment Luo Er's fists came crashing down, and Gu Yu retreated instantly. At this moment, Xu Ling'er was already behind Luo Er, and swung her sword down towards Luo Er's neck.
Luo Er reached out and grabbed Xu Ling'er's longsword, then swung it sharply, sending Xu Ling'er flying.
"Sword Nurturing Technique, Annihilation Cross Slash." Gu Yu's figure instantly transformed into countless afterimages, and countless sword energies slashed wildly towards Luo Er, forcing Luo Er to immediately defend.
"The Hundred Phoenixes Return to Their Nest." After Xu Ling'er steadied herself, she flapped her wings and appeared above Luo Er's head. White flames around her spread wildly, transforming into countless phoenixes that bombarded Luo Er.
Devastated, Lor's face lost its previous composure.
The moment the Hundred Phoenixes Return to Their Nest attack came, Gu Yu suddenly retreated, his long sword spinning back in front of him, vibrating incessantly.
"Ten Thousand Blades Converge!" Gu Yu suddenly waved his hand, and countless blade energies shot down towards Luo Er.
"The ocean is boundless." Lorton clenched his fists, and a surge of energy emanated from him, forming a protective shield around him.
The cover disappeared and expanded, then suddenly contracted and converged, shrinking to the size of a palm before expanding again in an instant.
The Hundred Phoenixes Return to Their Nest and Ten Thousand Blades Return to Their Origin were instantly annihilated, and even Gu Yu and Xu Ling'er were blasted away by the enormous energy.
The surrounding trees were instantly snapped and sent flying. Even the restrictions protecting the essence of life and the Tree of Life shattered instantly under this attack, and a dense aura of primordial energy immediately spread out.
"Enough playing around, it's time to end this." After saying that, Lor appeared in front of Xu Ling'er in an instant. He threw a punch, and Xu Ling'er, who hadn't yet regained her balance, was sent flying. Then he threw another punch.
Boom boom boom…
Xu Ling'er's breathing became disordered from the beating, blood kept gushing from her mouth, and even her consciousness became somewhat blurred.
"The art of sword nurturing brings sorrow to heaven and earth." Gu Yu, having regained his footing, leaped up upon seeing this scene. The primal energy that had just begun to emanate from the surroundings converged towards the Tang sword in Gu Yu's hand. The inscriptions on the sword instantly lit up, and the Tang sword slashed down at Luo Er in a flash.
"Hmm!" Lor felt the Tang sword slashing down, and his expression changed. The power of this strike posed a threat to him.
"Mad Lion Shaking the Heavens Fist!" The fist energy was unleashed, instantly transforming into a lion that swept towards Gu Yu.
boom……………
The deafening sound echoed all around, and even the surrounding air seemed to freeze at the moment of impact.
Gu Yu's body flew backward like a cannonball, and the Tang sword he had just forged shattered again, leaving only the hilt.
Due to the impact of the collision, Lor landed on the ground, looking somewhat disheveled. He hadn't expected Gu Yu to unleash such a powerful attack.
With a swift movement, he appeared before Gu Yu, who was lying limp on the ground. Long Yuan could no longer sustain the drain on his strength, and he himself had suffered severe injuries, to the point that it was no exaggeration to say he was on the verge of death.
"Looks like you can't use the power that doesn't belong to you. Fine, die then." Lor punched Gu Yu's head, but just as the punch landed, Xu Ling'er suddenly appeared. She hugged Gu Yu and took Lor's punch with her back.
puff………
Xu Ling'er spat out a mouthful of blood, and her whole body went limp, collapsing onto Gu Yu.
"You're quite the ladies' man," Luo Er said, seeing Xu Ling'er block an attack for Gu Yu. The next second, his fist slammed down again.
"No..." Gu Yu felt Xu Ling'er pressing down on him and Luo Er's fist about to fall. Instantly, gray light filled his body, and his eyes turned gray, deep and terrifying.
Caught off guard, Lor never expected that Gu Yu still had power, and was immediately forced to retreat.
Gu Yu stood up, holding Xu Ling'er in his arms. His eyes were devoid of emotion, yet he knew that the woman in his arms was very important to him, and he could not hurt her.
"How is this possible? What kind of power is this? Why am I afraid?" Lor felt the aura emanating from Gu Yu, an aura that made him extremely wary. The fear that ran deep in his bones was like the feeling of a mouse seeing a cat. It was a bloodline suppression, very strange.
Gu Yu moved swiftly and appeared beside the Tree of Life. He placed Xu Ling'er there and immediately waved his hand, causing the essence of life to converge towards Xu Ling'er to heal her injuries.
The next moment, Gu Yu's gaze fell on Luo Er, "Kill, kill, kill."
Gu Yu was like a machine, repeating the word "kill". The next second, he appeared in front of Lor and threw a punch.
A surge of gray divine and demonic power swept out, and Lor met it with a punch.
Rumble...
The two fists collided, and Gu Yu was sent flying backward. Even though the power of gods and demons was extremely strong, Gu Yu was still too weak. He handed the pistol to the newborn child, who didn't know how to use it.
"I thought you were much stronger." Seeing Gu Yu being blasted away, Lor regained his confidence. It turned out that Gu Yu was just terrifying in aura, and his strength hadn't improved much compared to before, and was even weaker.
Gu Yu's chest heaved, clearly indicating his anger. However, it wasn't his own anger that was provoking the divine and demonic power; it was obvious that Lor was challenging it.
A phantom slowly appeared behind Gu Yu, surrounded by gray mist. Its eyes snapped open instantly, emanating a terrifying aura that caused the surrounding trees to rustle and rocks to fly.
When those eyes fixed on him, Lorton suddenly felt incredibly small and pathetic, as if the heavens were looking at an ant.
"What exactly are you?" Looking at the phantom, Lor, who had regained his confidence, was afraid again.
"Kill!" Gu Yu immediately attacked him again.
"Mad Lion Shaking Heaven Fist." Lor was truly afraid; he wanted to finish the fight quickly and kill this monster, Gu Yu, as soon as possible.
The fist energy transformed into a majestic lion, instantly engulfing the charging Gu Yu.
boom…………
The terrifying impact swept out again, and Gu Yu was once again thrown back, falling to the side. Blood kept gushing from his mouth, and his body was covered in large wounds, with even his bones faintly visible.
However, Gu Yu is unaware of pain at this moment. In other words, Gu Yu has long been unconscious and unresponsive; it is only the power of gods and demons that is driving Gu Yu's body.
"What kind of monster are you?" Looking at Gu Yu, who was still standing straight, an ordinary person would have been dead long ago.
“Kill…” Gu Yu murmured. The phantom behind him was also dissipating. The power of Luo Er’s Mad Lion Heaven-Shaking Fist was not small.
"Raging Lion Hundred-Strike!" Lor's figure floated into the air, and instantly countless fist energies transformed into a hundred raging lions that swept towards Gu Yu.
"Sigh! Is it over just like that?" Looking at the hundred lions charging towards him, Long Yuan sighed. Gu Yu was indeed of divine and demonic blood, but unfortunately he had only awakened it once. No matter how strong he was, there were limits. Gu Yu would definitely die under this attack, because Luo Er had already gone all out, and this attack was Luo Er's strongest attack.
Just as the hundreds of mad lions charged toward Gu Yu one after another, the surrounding air suddenly froze, and the hundreds of mad lions vanished like dust.
"Master?" The giant ape was overjoyed; this was the aura of its master.
"King Realm?" Lor's expression changed drastically. His feeling was not wrong. This was the aura of a king, powerful and inviolable. A true strongman, a being who could be called king among cultivators.
"You lowly scoundrels, taking advantage of my seclusion, invaded my territory, destroyed my homes, captured my people, and violated my prohibitions. You deserve to die." In the next instant, a man appeared. He was three meters tall, wearing animal skins, with powerful, exposed muscles, and his face exuded an aura of authority without anger.
As he appeared, Lor's body immediately fell to the ground, and wave after wave of oppressive force swept out, pressing Lor to the ground, blood continuously seeping from his skin.
The man looked at Lor, pressed down with his hand, and Lor's body instantly turned into a blood mist, he was dead beyond any doubt.
"Master, you've finally emerged from seclusion!" The giant ape ran over, knelt down, and exclaimed excitedly.
"Kill..." With Lor dead, Gu Yu lost his target. His gaze fell on the man, and the next second he charged towards him.
With a wave of his hand, the man immobilized Gu Yu, rendering him unable to move.
"Master, he is a true dragon," the giant ape said immediately upon seeing its master attack Gu Yu.
“I know.” The man nodded. “His power is out of control. If we don’t stop him, he will definitely suffer a backlash and turn into a monster.”
As he spoke, the man looked at Gu Yu. When he saw the phantom behind Gu Yu, he frowned. Even though he was very knowledgeable, he didn't know what it was.
"Help him regain his senses." Long Yuan flew out at this moment, his light dimmed, devoid of any holiness or majesty.
"Why has the True Dragon become like this?" the man asked abruptly upon seeing Long Yuan.
"Help that kid first, then we'll talk about other things," Long Yuan instructed, despite his weakness.
"I dare not disobey the True Dragon Lord's instructions, but he is too strange, and I have no way to deal with him." The man said helplessly. He could only suppress Gu Yu's consciousness, but he could not restore it.
“Go find the Tree of Life; the Tree of Life should be able to help him,” Long Yuan said after thinking for a moment.
"Okay." The man answered readily, and the next second he and Gu Yu vanished instantly.
“Lord True Dragon, you can absorb the life essence here, but you cannot absorb it all, because the Tree of Life needs life essence.” The man said to Long Yuan as he disappeared with Gu Yu.
"Life essence." Long Yuan suddenly rubbed his hands together, revealing a lewd expression.
At this moment, at the Originium Mine, the mecha man looked at the screen and his expression changed drastically, becoming panicked.
"Lor is dead? How is this possible?" The mecha man was somewhat incredulous. He knew better than anyone how powerful Lor was. A general at the realm of martial arts, and he was dead just like that.
He hurriedly left the room and went deep into the raw stone vein.
"Lord Milsey, something terrible has happened."
"What did you say?" The golden-haired old man, shrouded in light, changed his expression slightly upon hearing the mecha man's words, and even his breathing became disordered.
His aura became disordered, causing the depths of the Originium ore vein to tremble. This forced him to stabilize his aura and suppress it towards the depths of the Originium ore vein.
"Damn it, immediately notify Jackson and have him send out source soldiers, even king-level ones," Milsey said. If the person who killed Lex and Lor came, there would be no one here to resist. If he went to resist, the thing under the ore vein would rush out, and the situation would be extremely bad.
"Yes, Lord Milsey." Upon hearing Milsey's words, the mecha man immediately prepared to carry them out.
"Oh, and recall all the mech teams on the expedition to strengthen security," Milsey instructed after a moment's thought.
"Yes," the mecha man replied respectfully again, and left the next second.
"Lex, my grandson! Your grandfather is too busy to avenge you right now. I'm sorry, that Lor deserves to die." After the mecha man left, Milsey suddenly burst into tears.
At this moment, the man led Gu Yu to a vast, white expanse.
"Respected Tree of Life, I am Caesar, your chosen guardian, and I humbly request an audience with you." The man abandoned all his majesty and addressed those around him with piety and respect.
"Caesar." Just then, the surrounding environment changed instantly. A huge divine tree appeared, radiating a holy light. Its rich life essence was like an ocean, making people feel extremely comfortable. Even the violent Gu Yu became much quieter the moment the divine tree appeared.
"Respected Divine Tree." Caesar was extremely devout at this moment. The Divine Tree of Life was his faith, his mother goddess. Although the Divine Tree of Life was not yet a god, in his heart it was more worthy of being called a god than anyone else.
"I already know the purpose of your visit." The voice of the Tree of Life was equally sacred, though it was impossible to tell whether it was male or female.
"Please, Divine Tree, help him," Caesar pleaded. "My ancestors received the grace of a true dragon long ago, so..."
“Caesar, you may leave first; I will save him,” said the Tree of Life. “The northern part of Rata has been invaded and needs your protection.”
"Respected Tree of Life, I will do everything in my power to protect my people." Caesar said before disappearing.
At this moment, only Gu Yu and the Tree of Life remained. Suddenly, the Tree of Life's enormous body trembled, and a river of life essence swept towards Gu Yu.
"The third god-demon, you seem to have appeared a little later than expected." The Tree of Life murmured, looking at Gu Yu. "Gan, Kun, Hong, you must be Hong!"
Gu Yu simply did not answer its question.
"You are too weak. You are far from being able to compare with Gan and Kun. I hope you will not follow their path," the Tree of Life said to itself.
"The source gate was closed. I thought it would never open again, but it opened after all."
As the ancient tree of life spoke, its enormous branches swayed, and streams of sacred power swept towards the ancient universe.
The phantom behind Gu Yu instantly returned to Gu Yu's body, and the gray divine and demonic power around Gu Yu began to recede. His pupils gradually returned to their original appearance, and then he closed his eyes. As for the injuries on his body, they were completely healed in an instant.
"Fine, I'll lend you a hand!" The Tree of Life looked at Gu Yu, and Gu Yu's remaining three meridians opened in an instant.
"I sense a familiar power within you," the Tree of Life suddenly said. "Is it that thing? Who shattered it?"
No one could answer the question posed by the Tree of Life, not even Gu Yu, who was awake.
"A dry aura? You still have a dry aura on you, that's strange." The Tree of Life said with some surprise.
Gu Yu felt very comfortable at this moment. His body was warm, as if he were bathing in a hot spring.
He suddenly thought of Xu Ling'er and his father on the sickbed. He abruptly opened his eyes, but what he saw before him stunned him.
The essence of life, the essence of life is everywhere. This thing that ordinary people cannot even get a drop of, has become an ocean here.
His gaze suddenly stopped in front of a huge tree. The tree was so big that he couldn't see the top or how thick it was. Standing in front of this tree was like comparing a person to the earth; he couldn't see the whole picture at all.
"Tree of Life, are you the Tree of Life?" Gu Yu asked, his tone filled with excitement and joy.
“Yes, I am the Tree of Life,” the Tree of Life replied.
It is the Tree of Life, but its chosen guardians prefer to call it the Divine Tree of Life.
"Why am I here? Where is Ling'er?" Gu Yu suddenly thought of something and asked the Tree of Life.
"Don't worry, she'll be fine," the Tree of Life explained. "As for you, Caesar sent you here, and of course, I noticed you as soon as you arrived in the world of Agah."
"Huh?" Gu Yu was taken aback. "You noticed me?"
"My roots are spread throughout the entire world, and I am aware of everything that happens," said the Tree of Life.
"Your roots are spread throughout the entire world?" Gu Yu was shocked again. The Aga World was larger than Earth, and this tree's roots were spread throughout the entire world. Just how big was it?
"Don't be surprised! It's all because I've lived for too long. Although my cultivation level can't improve, my roots can keep growing," the Tree of Life explained.
"Then why did you save me?" Gu Yu asked, voicing his doubts.
"Because it is necessary to save them," said the Tree of Life. "I believe you are aware of your uniqueness. Perhaps one day, the fate of the world will be in your hands."
"In my hands?" Gu Yu asked, puzzled.
"Of course, that's all in the future. You might die along the way. Some people have placed bets on you, so I have to take a gamble too," said the Tree of Life.
"What are the stakes? And who is manipulating things?" Gu Yu asked. He had always suspected that there was something fishy about his rebirth, as well as the system and so on. He felt that someone was manipulating everything. Now, judging from what the Tree of Life said, it seemed to know something.
"You'll find out later." The Tree of Life didn't offer much explanation. "Even if you do find out, what can you do? You're too weak."
"I will figure it out step by step," Gu Yu said firmly. No one likes to be controlled by others, but if you think about it carefully, it seems that everyone's fate is controlled by others.
From birth to death, no matter how glorious or mundane the process, death is the final outcome, a situation both helpless and real.
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