boom…………
A loud bang was heard, and a blinding golden light spread out.
"You dare touch my man? Then disappear completely!" As Ri Jiu finished speaking, the golden light dissipated, and Ling Zize and Jiang Ze's figures vanished without a trace.
To kill two King Realm experts with a single palm strike—what kind of power is that? Gu Yu was utterly shocked as he experienced all of this.
At this moment, Ri Jiu's figure dimmed, and his aura weakened significantly. Five Marquis-level experts were rapidly flying towards them from afar.
Ri Jiu glanced at Gu Yu, then instantly picked him up. Golden light emanated from him, and the two vanished without a trace in the next second. The five Marquis-level experts who arrived looked around at the empty space, their brows furrowed. They clearly didn't know what had happened. They had clearly sensed that their King-level experts had been there just moments before, but now, in the blink of an eye, they had disappeared without a trace, which made them even more puzzled.
Little did they know, at that moment, in the Tianshan Sect, Ling Yuan watched as the candle in front of him went out, and immediately stood up, his face filled with shock and sorrow.
"My son! Who killed you?" Ling Yuan cried out hoarsely. The next second, he felt dizzy and almost fainted.
"Grandpa, what happened to my father?" At this moment, Ling Xiao rushed in. Seeing that his father was somewhat dazed and his breathing was disordered, and that the candle representing his father Ling Zize had gone out, his body went limp.
"Impossible! Although my son isn't at the peak of the King Realm, he's still one of the best in the King Realm. Even if a Quasi-Emperor wanted to kill him, he would have a chance to escape. How could he possibly..." Ling Yuan said in a daze, "Could it be that he can really still unleash such a strike?"
Thinking of this, Ling Yuan was overwhelmed with grief. "My son! It is I who have harmed you! It is I who have harmed you! Gu Yu, I swear, I will definitely kill you."
At the same time, in the Jiang family in the southwest, the candlelight representing Jiang Ze went out instantly, and Jiang Hai's brows furrowed instantly, but the next second, a smile appeared on his face.
"It's done." Then a black and white bead appeared in his hand. The next second, he recited a few mysterious incantations, and the bead immediately lit up.
Meanwhile, Gu Yu, who was far away in the Southwest Source Gate, suddenly began to convulse.
"Although a King Realm expert died, it was still worth it to successfully implant the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman into that kid's body," Jiang Hai murmured.
"Gu Yu, what's wrong with you?" Inside a cave, Gu Yu was convulsing and surrounded by black and white light. Ri Jiu looked at Gu Yu and asked with concern.
"Ah!" Gu Yu screamed in agony, "I'm in so much pain, I'm really in so much pain, kill me, kill me now."
Upon hearing Ri Jiu's words, Gu Yu replied to Ri Jiu that this feeling was indeed worse than death. He was resisting the control of the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman, but the more he resisted, the more uncomfortable he became, as if millions of insects were gnawing at his body, especially his brain, which felt like it was about to explode.
"Gu Yu, what's wrong with you?" Ri Jiu looked at Gu Yu's pained appearance. At this moment, she really didn't know what to do. The black and white power was very strange, so strange that she couldn't get close at all.
“Kill me! I don’t want to be a puppet! Kill me! Take care of my parents! Quick, kill me!” Gu Yu shouted at Ri Jiu.
"I……"
"Stop resisting me. The more you resist, the more you will suffer a fate worse than death." At this moment, a voice appeared in Gu Yu's mind.
"Who are you?" Gu Yu asked upon hearing the voice. He knew this was the person who held the Heart of Heavenly Punishment, but he didn't know who the other person was.
“It’s alright to tell you. I am Jiang Hai, the head of the Jiang family,” Jiang Hai replied.
"Jiang Hai?" Gu Yu said through gritted teeth.
"Hehe... I know you hate me to the core, but you have no choice but to obey me. You have no other option but to accept your fate! As long as you are willing to submit to me, I will not kill you, and you can continue to cultivate and become stronger," Jiang Hai said.
"Fuck you!" Gu Yu cursed.
"It seems you can't get by without suffering a bit." Jiang Haitian's voice turned cold as he sensed Gu Yu calling out to his mother. The black and white power surrounding Gu Yu suddenly became even more intense, causing Gu Yu's eyes to roll back and him to faint the next second.
"Looks like you're a tough nut to crack. Don't worry, I'll slowly make you submit," Jiang Hai said, sensing that Gu Yu had fainted.
Then the black and white power on Gu Yu's body gradually dissipated, and Ri Jiu was able to get close to Gu Yu. He looked at Gu Yu, whose clothes were soaked with sweat, and clenched his fist.
Then, ten more golden tails appeared on her tail again, and she placed her hand on Gu Yu's chest, as golden light swept wildly into Gu Yu's body.
One second... two seconds...
About ten seconds later, Rijiu's face turned pale, and the next second she spat out a mouthful of blood. Her ten tails seemed to be restrained by something and instantly retracted.
However, Rijiu did not give up. She forcefully activated her power again, and ten tails slowly emerged.
"It's no use. Even if you exhaust all your power, you still can't save him." Suddenly, Long Yuan flew out of Gu Yu's body and said to Ri Jiu.
"What's wrong with him?" Ri Jiu asked Long Yuan as his power dissipated upon seeing him.
"The Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman is something no one can escape," Long Yuan said.
"What is the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman?" Ri Jiu frowned; she had never heard of such a thing.
“It’s a control talisman, the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman. The user must be controlled by the person who controls the Heart of Heavenly Punishment. Even a god-level being cannot break free and can only become a puppet,” Long Yuan said.
"Don't you have any ideas either?" Rijiu asked.
"Hehe... If I had a way, I would have acted long ago. Why wait until now?" Long Yuan said with a wry smile. Not to mention that he didn't have a method, even the Azure Dragon God Emperor of his dragon clan probably didn't have any way.
"I don't believe it." Ri Jiu's face turned ugly when she heard Long Yuan's words. Suddenly, she thought of something, and her power surged out again.
“It’s no use. In this world, I’m afraid no one except those at the Ancestral Realm can solve this problem,” Long Yuan said.
"Are we just going to stand by and watch him turn into a puppet?" Riju asked.
“Perhaps we have no way to deal with him, but he is different.” At this moment, Long Yuan looked at the unconscious Gu Yu and said, “He has the bloodline of gods and demons, as well as the power of gods and demons, so he may be able to resist the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman.”
Long Yuan's statement was based on fact. Logically speaking, it was illogical that Gu Yu could withstand something that even a Great Emperor couldn't resist for so long. After much thought, it was likely related to Gu Yu's divine and demonic bloodline and divine and demonic power.
"If he could resist it, why would he be in so much pain?" Ri Jiu asked, unable to bear seeing Gu Yu's suffering.
"Because his divine and demonic power is not strong, and he hasn't awakened it enough times," Long Yuan replied after thinking for a moment.
"How can we make his god and demon awaken again?" Ri Jiu asked.
"Sigh! That's a question for him to answer," Long Yuan said. He was more anxious than anyone else. He and Gu Yu were one, and if Gu Yu became a puppet, it would be a nightmare for him.
"Are we just supposed to stand here and watch, and there's nothing we can do?" Riju asked, her voice rising with emotion.
“That’s right.” Long Yuan nodded.
At this moment in Tu Niu City, Long Aotian was furious after hearing Zhang Huangling's words.
"Do you know who I am?" Long Aotian's face was icy cold, and a terrifying aura made Zhang Huangling tremble a few times. For some reason, Long Aotian's cultivation was only at the peak of the King Realm, but he seemed to be much more terrifying than the quasi-emperors on their Longhu Mountain.
"I don't know, but judging from their auras, they should be two Kings, five Marquises, and ten Marshals," Zhang Huangling said.
"Humanity is on the verge of collapse, and they haven't even sent any King-level experts to help us. Now, in order to deal with Gu Yu, they've actually sent two King-level experts. Very good, very good indeed," Long Aotian said coldly.
"Number 1, all Source Armor users comparable to Marquis and Commander are to leave the city and search with all their might. If any suspicious persons are found, arrest them immediately," Long Aotian said.
"Yes, Minister Long." A black-gold armored figure suddenly appeared, received Long Aotian's order, and then vanished instantly.
"You go first!" Long Aotian said, looking at Zhang Huangling.
"Yes, Minister." Zhang Huangling hurriedly left. Long Aotian's aura was too frightening, making him break out in a sweat. "Brother Gu, I hope you can escape safely. Alas! It is my incompetence that I managed to lose Miss Rijiu."
Zhang Huangling said as he walked.
As Zhang Huangling left, a dragon emblem appeared in Long Aotian's hand. This was the symbol of the Dragon Group. Looking at the emblem, he said, "Luckily you didn't die. If you had died, even if it was a violation of the rules, I would have killed you without leaving a trace."
The Dragon Emblem is not only proof of identity, but also has another function, just like the Primordial Spirit Mark, which is to sense whether other members have sacrificed themselves. From the Dragon Emblem, Long Aotian could clearly sense that Gu Yu was still alive.
At this moment, Gu Yu's body convulsed again, and the power of the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman enveloped him once more, with shrill screams continuously emanating from his mouth.
"Kill me, kill me now!" Gu Yu said to Ri Jiu and Long Yuan. Although he didn't know how painful it was for drug addicts to have withdrawal symptoms, Gu Yu was definitely experiencing hundreds of times more pain than that.
"Gu Yu, you must hold on!" Long Yuan said to Gu Yu, "Use your divine and demonic power to resist, this may be the only way."
"I feel so bad, so bad!" Gu Yu's veins bulged as he rolled around on the ground, sweat pouring down his body like water.
“No matter how much pain you're in, think of your family, your comrades, your loved ones. Are you going to give up your life just because you're in pain? Are you going to abandon them?” Long Yuan said. The only way to get Gu Yu to give up on death was to rekindle his hope.
"Family, comrades, lover..." Gu Yu murmured intermittently. The next second, he suddenly gritted his teeth. Although he could not control the spasms in his body, he stopped screaming.
"This shouldn't be! How is this possible? Logically speaking, even if you were at the Emperor Realm, let alone at the Second Cone level, you shouldn't be able to withstand the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman for so long. What's going on?" Jiang Hai's voice echoed in Gu Yu's mind. He was very puzzled and confused.
This Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman was obtained by his ancestor from a master. That super strong man once said that no one in the world could resist this thing, and even those with great cultivation would instantly submit. But Gu Yu has persisted for three whole days, and he still cannot control Gu Yu.
This made him seriously suspect that the master who bestowed the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman upon his ancestors was deceiving them.
"Boy, why don't you submit to me now?" Thinking of this, Jiang Hai couldn't help but feel a little panicked. If Gu Yu persisted for a year or two, all his plans would fall apart. The most crucial thing was that his Jiang family had lost a King Realm expert. You should know that in his entire Jiang family, besides him, there was only one other King Realm expert, Jiang Ze.
"Jiang Hai, you old bastard, go to hell!" Gu Yu cursed angrily. How could he not hate the person who caused him such a terrible ordeal?
"If you won't listen to reason, you'll have to suffer the consequences." Jiang Hai's expression turned cold. The intense pain caused Gu Yu's eyes to roll back, and a feeling of suffocation made Gu Yu instantly unable to move and he fainted.
"Gu Yu." Ri Jiu watched this scene with heartache. If she could bear the pain for Gu Yu, she would do so.
"Hmph!" Jiang Hai still didn't stop. He was always afraid of killing Gu Yu, so he would deliberately hold back every time Gu Yu was about to give up. But this time, he was not going to hold back. With a wave of his hand, the Heart of Heavenly Punishment in his hand suddenly shone with a dazzling light. The black and white energy surrounding Gu Yu suddenly became dazzling. Gu Yu, who was originally unconscious, instantly woke up. The pain of his whole body being about to shatter made Gu Yu unable to even scream.
"What should we do?" Ri Jiu was immediately anxious when she saw the situation. This was something that had never happened before, and judging from Gu Yu's appearance, he seemed unable to bear it.
"Alas! What a cruel twist of fate!" Long Yuan looked at the scene with a gloomy expression. There were only two possibilities now: either Gu Yu was dead, or he was being controlled.
"Submit to me!" Jiang Hai shouted hoarsely, also afraid that Gu Yu would die.
“I…I would rather…die,” Gu Yu replied.
"You..." Jiang Hai was somewhat helpless. He was very hesitant at the moment. If he continued, everything would probably be in vain.
Just as they were hesitating, a powerful force suddenly appeared on Gu Yu's body, causing Long Yuan and Ri Jiu to immediately prostrate themselves.
"The power of gods and demons." Long Yuan sensed this power, and a glimmer of hope appeared in his eyes. In the current situation, he could only place all his hopes on the power of gods and demons.
Boom boom...
"What's going on?" Jiang Hai looked at the Heart of Heavenly Punishment in his hand, which was vibrating, and was immediately puzzled.
At this moment, Gu Yu's eyes turned gray, and violent divine and demonic power surged wildly from his body. Countless dense cracks appeared on his body, as the power was too strong and exceeded his tolerance.
The black and white energy of the Yin-Yang Heavenly Punishment Talisman was immediately suppressed after the power of gods and demons swept out, and the two forces began to fight fiercely.
Jiang Hai, who was holding the Heart of Heavenly Punishment, immediately retreated. The Heart of Heavenly Punishment in his hand was released in an instant and floated in the air, emanating a power that made Jiang Hai's heart tremble.
Boom boom...
The two forces continued to suppress each other, causing the space inside the cave to tremble. At this moment, Long Yuan and Ri Jiu were unable to even open their eyes due to the overwhelming pressure.
As time passed, the two colliding forces gradually weakened and slowly approached a stable state. Gu Yu, however, fell into a coma, his body covered in dense cracks, his skin torn and bleeding.
Long Yuan and Ri Jiu stood up, looked at Gu Yu, their expressions changing from unpleasant to softened, and then to shock.
At this moment, the Heart of Heavenly Punishment fell to the ground like an inanimate object. Jiang Hai hurriedly picked it up, looked at it, and chanted the incantation again, but the Heart of Heavenly Punishment did not react at all.
"What's going on?" Jiang Hai's face immediately turned extremely ugly. The Heart of Divine Retribution had failed to work. This couldn't be!
He tried several times, but each time it was the same; the Heart of Divine Retribution was like an ordinary stone, without any ripples.
"Impossible, this is impossible." Jiang Hai looked at the Heart of Heavenly Punishment in his hand and suddenly unleashed a burst of energy towards it.
The energy struck the Heart of Heavenly Punishment, but it remained completely undamaged, without even a ripple. Jiang Hai then slammed the Heart of Heavenly Punishment to the ground.
"Liar, you can't even control a second cone." Jiang Hai's face was as black as ink. His blood and qi surged in his chest, and he spat out a mouthful of blood. The Heart of Heavenly Punishment had lost its function, which meant that the plan had failed. The Dragon Marrow had become a bubble, and his idea of breaking through to the Emperor Realm had also been shattered. Moreover, his Jiang family had lost a King Realm member for nothing!
The angrier Jiang Hai became, the more unsteady he became, and his vision went black as he fell to the ground.
"Heavens! Are you trying to destroy the Jiang family?" Jiang Hai slumped to the ground, saying indignantly.
Just then, the seemingly lifeless Heart of Retribution suddenly flickered. Jiang Hai hurriedly picked it up like a mad dog. Holding the Heart of Retribution, he chanted the incantation again. At this moment, he was on edge, fearing that, like the previous times, there would be no reaction at all.
However, as he chanted the incantation, the Heart of Divine Punishment flickered a few times again, which brought a glimmer of hope back to Jiang Hai's eyes, who was filled with despair.
"Could it be that the kid has temporarily suppressed the control of the Heart of Heavenly Punishment? That's possible," Jiang Hai murmured. "Heh! I'd like to see how long you can suppress it."
Three more days passed. During these three days, Ri Jiu took meticulous care of Gu Yu. She constantly cleaned the wounds on Gu Yu's body. Although the wounds were healing, they would reopen every time they healed. Ri Jiu couldn't remember how many times this had happened. She gently wiped Gu Yu's body with a towel, while Gu Yu would sometimes grit his teeth, sometimes frown, and sometimes tremble.
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