"Have you found them?" Fang Jingru asked his apprentices.
“Master, we’ve found the person, but…” a young man replied.
"But what? He's used a secret technique and should be extremely weak. You can't even take him down?" Fang Jingru asked irritably. After seeing Gu Yu, he felt that all his disciples were useless. They were in their mid-twenties, and the highest-ranking one had only just stepped into the threshold of advanced martial arts. The lower-ranking ones were even worse.
“Master, no.” Seeing Fang Jingru get angry, the disciples immediately knelt down and hurriedly explained, “He is with Shi Jian now, so we can’t do anything to him.”
"Shi Jian?" Fang Jingru frowned, and an aura emanated from his body. His disciples were so overwhelmed by this aura that they immediately lowered their heads and trembled.
"Shi Jian, since you're courting death, then this time, I'll grant your wish," Fang Jingru said with a sinister expression.
"Master, Lord Zhao Kang has delivered that item." Just then, a middle-aged man walked in. Seeing his fellow disciples kneeling on the ground, he trembled slightly and said cautiously.
"Oh!" Upon hearing this, Fang Jingru's imposing aura subsided. "Bring it up, let me take a look."
Then the two young men carried in a wooden box. Fang Jingru opened the box, and inside was a bunch of iron tools.
"Good stuff!" Fang Jingru's eyes gleamed as he looked at the contents of the wooden box.
"Master, Lord Zhao Kang also sent over a few bottles of medicine, saying it can strengthen internal energy." After saying this, the middle-aged disciple took out a few more bottles containing black liquid.
"Enhancement potion, I didn't expect this to work too." Fang Jingru's eyes gleamed even brighter as he saw the bottles of black liquid.
"By the way, Master, Lord Zhao Kang hopes we can capture some live martial artists for their research, preferably a Grandmaster," the middle-aged disciple added.
"Grandmaster, Shi Jian, hehehe..."
At this moment, Shi Shuai, Che Tong, and several of Shi Jian's disciples were fighting against dozens of mutated snow wolves. The scene was quite fierce. According to Gu Yu's instructions, Shi Shuai and Che Tong had to be injured, and the battle had to be very loud so as to attract Fang Jingru's men.
After fighting for a long time and taking down all the snow wolves, no one came. This made them all a little suspicious. Could it be that Fang Jingru did it?
Just as he was wondering, Shi Shuai's phone suddenly rang.
"Commander Shi, this is Bai Jue. We're in danger and need your help. We're in a mountain valley." The words had barely left his mouth when silence fell over the other end, followed by the sounds of fierce fighting and wolf howls.
This made Shi Shuai frown. Bai Jue, the instructor of the Dragon Division, was not as strong as him, but he was not weak either. He had filled sixty-nine blood apertures. Although he did not know the other party's mission, they would not ask for help unless the situation was extremely critical.
"What's wrong?" Gu Yu asked as he stepped forward. Just then, a loud rumbling sound suddenly came from halfway up the mountain, which made everyone's eyes turn to the mountainside.
"Such a strong energy fluctuation," Gu Yu said, frowning. "Let's go."
The group immediately headed upwards, and the huge roar was heard by the martial artists below the mountain, including Fang Jingru, who also instantly headed towards the mountainside.
Halfway up the mountain, there is a canyon that leads straight to the summit. At this time, a fierce blizzard is raging, making it difficult for ordinary people to move forward.
Gu Yu and Shi Jian were the first to arrive; both being Grandmasters, they were the fastest. However, seeing the raging blizzard ahead, they couldn't help but stop in their tracks.
"What exactly happened?" Feeling the energy fluctuations emanating from the blizzard, Shi Jian felt a chill run down his spine.
"I'm afraid there's an extremely powerful being here." Gu Yu frowned. The power to cause environmental changes was beyond human capability.
Gu Yu, who was an emperor in his previous life, knew very well that this kind of power could only be created after breaking through the limits.
"You mean power surpassing that of a Grandmaster?" Shi Jian asked. In fact, he knew that this could only be achieved by power surpassing that of a Grandmaster. After all, he had seen a 12th-grade Grandmaster before. Although powerful, he could not compare to the energy fluctuations contained in the blizzard.
"We'll know once we go and see." After Gu Yu finished speaking, he released his aura, and his Origin Qi formed a faint shield around him. With a swift movement, he rushed into the blizzard.
"Brother Gu..." Seeing what Gu Yu did, Shi Jian wanted to stop him. After all, the power beyond the Grandmaster was unimaginable. If they entered with their strength, they would probably die. But Gu Yu was too fast. Before he could finish speaking, Gu Yu had already rushed in.
Looking at the blizzard before him, Shi Jian hesitated. "Forget it, I'm already so old. Even if I don't die today, I won't live much longer."
After Shi Jian finished speaking, a layer of gas enveloped his body, and he entered the blizzard.
At this moment, a figure quickly arrived. He also stopped in front of the blizzard. Looking at the blizzard in front of him, he was somewhat excited. He was carrying a wooden box on his back. This person was Fang Jingru.
"Power beyond the Grandmaster level, this is power beyond the Grandmaster level!" Fang Jingru murmured excitedly. "If it were any other time, I would never dare to venture into it, but today is different. With this item given to me by Zhao Kang, I'm going to give it a try. Maybe this is my chance to break through."
After saying that, he instantly entered the blizzard. As he entered, several more figures appeared. Without exception, they were all Grandmasters, but only at the first or second rank. They hesitated for a moment and then entered the blizzard as well.
Finally, Shi Shuai and Che Tong arrived, along with many other martial artists. They stopped before the blizzard, not because they dared not enter, but because they could not. The fluctuations contained within the blizzard could only be resisted by a Grandmaster by releasing their aura. Although some of them were far superior to advanced martial artists and comparable to Grandmasters, they were not Grandmasters.
"How hateful!" Shi Shuai looked at the blizzard in front of him, feeling extremely unwilling. The Dragon Clan members were inside, but he was unable to enter to rescue them, which made him hate his own weak strength.
“Grandmaster Gu has already gone in, along with quite a few other grandmasters. I think your comrades should be alright,” Che Tong comforted Shi Shuai after hearing his unwilling words.
"Roar..." Just as he finished speaking, countless snow wolves rushed out from the blizzard.
"So many mutated snow wolves?" The newcomers were somewhat frightened as they looked at the mutated snow wolves charging out in front of them, because many of them were almost humanoid, which meant that they had strength close to that of a grandmaster.
"Could this be the den of mutated snow wolves?" Thinking of the terrifying power contained in the blizzard, Shi Shuai frowned. "Everyone, stop these mutated snow wolves. If they come down the mountain and attack the village, it will be a great disaster."
After saying that, Shi Shuai rushed towards the mutated snow wolf, and the other martial artists followed suit. In fact, in some people's minds, whether the mutated snow wolf came down the mountain or attacked the village was not important to them. The most important thing was that these mutated snow wolves were all source liquid, which was their cultivation resource.
A fierce battle erupted outside the blizzard, a fight between mutated snow wolves and martial artists.
However, upon entering the blizzard, Gu Yu was met with the impact of the blizzard mixed with terrifying energy. The gas shield that formed around him crackled and hissed under this impact.
Suddenly, countless mutated snow wolves appeared before him. These mutated snow wolves were unaffected by the blizzard; on the contrary, their energy seemed to be enhanced in the blizzard.
"Could it be because of something here that caused the snow wolves to mutate? It must be." Gu Yu looked at the ferocious mutated snow wolves in front of him, his Tang sword appeared in his hand, and the next second, the mutated snow wolves charged towards Gu Yu.
The Tang sword in Gu Yu's hand flashed with blue light. Gu Yu's figure moved swiftly, and with each swing of his sword, a mutated snow wolf died under his blade.
The grandmasters who arrived later encountered the same scene.
Seeing the endless mutated snow wolves, Gu Yu's aura suddenly surged, sending several mutated snow wolves rushing towards him flying. Looking at the mutated snow wolves he had wounded, their wounds were now rapidly healing. Moreover, the mutated snow wolves he had killed were actually standing up, their wounds healing quickly. His expression was somewhat grim.
"Could it be?" Gu Yu thought of something, and an expression of disbelief appeared on his face. He vaguely remembered that in his previous life, in a war he participated in, countless strong people of humanity died and were injured, but in the end, they could not stop it.
This kind of thing only happens when the Source Gate is opened, so why are there signs of the Source Gate opening here? You know, although there is a Source Gate in the Northern Plains Snow Mountain, it won't open for another ten years.
Gu Yu was filled with doubts. If it was true, then these snow wolves were loyal believers of the Source Gate world, and they might not even be products of Earth, but rather things created by the Source Gate.
If a portal were to open in the snow-capped mountains now, it would be a catastrophe for humanity, and the entire Jizhou province would likely cease to exist because of it.
Gu Yu grew increasingly alarmed as he thought about it. He wielded his Tang sword rapidly, reaping the mutated snow wolves, but his efforts seemed futile. No matter how many he killed, the mutated snow wolves would simply revive.
"To kill them, we can only destroy the Source Gate or kill the powerful being within the Source Gate who created them," Gu Yu murmured. According to his memories from his previous life, the Source Gate was actually opened by a powerful being within the Source Gate world using supreme source power.
Because the powerful beings inside the Source Gate need to consume a large amount of Source Power to open the gate, humans have a sliver of opportunity during this time: to enter the Source Gate and, while the powerful beings are opening the gate, to injure or kill them. Since the powerful beings are focused on opening the Source Gate and have no time to spare, their own strength will be greatly weakened, making it the best opportunity to kill them.
As for these mutated snow wolves and the blizzard, they are their means of hindering humans.
Gu Yu's figure flashed rapidly. He couldn't linger in battle now; he had to go inside to stop them. Although he knew he didn't have the strength, he couldn't just sit and wait to die. Although he had been reborn, he was an emperor in his previous life, an emperor who protected humanity.
Moreover, according to Gu Yu's judgment, human experts should have already arrived ahead. After all, with such a large commotion, how could humanity not be prepared? You must know that in recent years, humanity has focused most of its energy on the Source Gate.
"Mountain Opening Stance." Rolling Origin Qi gathered from Gu Yu's body towards the Tang sword, and a huge blade of light was unleashed. Under the impact of the blade of light, the snow wolf and blizzard blocking Gu Yu's way instantly dissipated slightly.
Gu Yu's face turned pale. He hurriedly exchanged a large amount of Origin Qi from the system, and he didn't dare to stop for even a second. Taking advantage of this opportunity, he instantly broke away from the encirclement of the mutated snow wolves.
As the rich source energy entered his blood aperture, Gu Yu's pale face immediately regained its rosy hue. He quickly traversed the area, rushing towards the point of energy explosion.
Deep within the canyon lay dozens of human corpses, most of whom were advanced martial artists, with the remainder being the corpses of grandmasters.
A dozen or so giant humanoid snow wolves were fighting against several humans. At this point, the humans were at a significant disadvantage, as they were basically exhausted.
Facing a dozen or so humanoid mutated snow wolves, they looked somewhat unwilling. It wasn't that they couldn't defeat the mutated snow wolves, but rather that these mutated snow wolves could revive very quickly after dying.
This is beyond comprehension and subverts our worldview. Not to mention them, even if several powerful experts who have broken through the limits came, they would probably be exhausted to death.
"We've already sent out a distress signal. Hang in there, the higher-ups should be sending strong reinforcements soon," one of them encouraged his injured companion.
"I wonder how Lord Xiong Kuo is doing?" one of the men said, clutching his chest and looking into the depths.
"Lord Xiong Kuo has already broken through the limit, so there should be no danger. We just need to hold on for a while longer."
No sooner had they finished speaking than the humanoid mutated snow wolves charged at them with ferocious attacks. In just a few seconds, another group of them lay on the ground.
"Number Four." The others were filled with grief and indignation as they saw their companion lying on the ground, his life fading away.
"Fight them! Avenge our comrades!" The four survivors instantly channeled their anger into battle, wielding long swords and clashing with the mutated snow wolves.
When Gu Yu arrived and saw this scene, he gritted his teeth. How many times had he and his comrades died in the same way? He had watched his comrades die one by one in front of him countless times, and he felt utterly powerless.
“Thirteen Grandmaster-level mutated snow wolves.” Gu Yu looked at the humanoid mutated snow wolves. Suddenly, five Origin Soldiers appeared beside him. Although Origin Soldiers could not contend with Grandmasters, five Origin Soldiers were enough to hold off one or two mutated snow wolves.
Gu Yu brandished his longsword, and a blue blade of light emanated from it. He was furious, furious to the extreme, and the source energy around him surged forth.
"Triple amplification." Gu Yu's aura instantly swelled. Facing thirteen Grandmaster-level mutated snow wolves, some of which were at the eighth or ninth rank, he would be no match for them without using triple amplification.
"Blade nurturing technique, Extinction Cross Slash." Gu Yu's aura surged once more as he instantly exchanged for a thousand strands of Origin Qi, which compressed and converged towards the Tang Blade.
The next second, Gu Yu moved. He flashed around the thirteen mutated snow wolves like lightning, and dozens of blade beams swept out. Meanwhile, the five Origin Soldiers instantly pulled the four people on the battlefield and quickly retreated.
Rumble, rumble...
The violent tremors resounded in all directions, and the thirteen mutated snow wolves were instantly torn to pieces and scattered on the ground. However, unexpectedly, those humanoid mutated snow wolves that had been torn to pieces were slowly coming together again.
"Self-destruct." A Source Soldier rushed forward instantly, his body exploding. Gu Yu was somewhat unsteady at this moment, but he quickly turned around and fled with four other Source Soldiers.
"roar…………"
Just after they had escaped a short distance, the mutated snow wolves that had been torn to pieces instantly recovered. They looked in the direction that Gu Yu and his group had fled, but did not chase after them, because that was deep inside, beyond their jurisdiction.
After escaping for a while, Gu Yu staggered and almost fell. He was in pain; the move he had just used had not only depleted his source energy but also severely overtaxed his body. He needed to recuperate.
"Thank you for saving our lives, young man," the four men said to Gu Yu.
"Let's rest and recuperate first, then we'll make plans." Looking at their clothing, especially the dragon heads on their armbands, Gu Yu knew very well that they belonged to the Dragon Clan.
Without saying much, the four quickly sat down cross-legged, took out bottles, and poured the liquid inside into their mouths. Instantly, a strong source of energy entered their bodies, and they began to recover.
After arranging for four Origin Soldiers to guard the area, Gu Yu closed his eyes and began to recover.
Several hours passed, and they were lucky enough not to be attacked by the mutated snow wolves.
As Gu Yu recovered, he suddenly opened his eyes, a hint of joy appearing in them. "Indeed, only combat is the fastest shortcut to improving strength."
A few days later, his first meridian was fully consolidated, and he was now able to break through to the second meridian.
Gu Yu immediately activated the Returning to Origin Technique, and his 108 blood apertures began to resonate. Hundreds of strands of Origin Qi were casually flung out by him and were immediately absorbed by his blood apertures.
The 108 blood apertures began to surge, and ripples of energy emanated from his body. This caused the four people around him who were recovering to open their eyes, and their gazes turned to Gu Yu at the same time.
"Number Five, is he breaking through?" Number Three asked incredulously.
"Hmm!" Number Five nodded. "He's showing signs of breaking through to the next level."
"He just killed thirteen Grandmaster-level mutated snow wolves with a single move. Number Five, can you tell what rank Grandmaster he is? Rank 10 or Rank 11?" Number Three asked again.
"I can't tell, he must be at least a tenth-grade cultivator, right?" Number Five guessed. "Judging from the energy fluctuations of his meridian opening, it's stronger than when I opened my ninth meridian. He should be opening his eleventh meridian."
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