Gu Qingshan spoke with Xie Daoling as he released the Dark Light from his body.
Layers of black light gathered behind him, forming a gigantic vertical eye.
"Go. Help that Apocalypse Monster deal with the Heavenly Emperor."
Gu Qingshan gave the order in a low voice.
The vertical eye blinked, then quickly vanished from behind him.
Only then did Gu Qingshan turn to Xie Daoling and say seriously, "This can only buy us a little time. The problem just now was that black cord. It was too weak, not worthy of fighting the Gu worm that's binding you. Is that right?"
A hint of a smile appeared on Xie Daoling's face as she said,
"That's right. The more powerful a treasure is, the greater the power it possesses. But where can we find one on such short notice?"
Gu Qingshan gritted his teeth. "It's three against one now. I refuse to believe we can't solve this problem."
"Three against one?" Xie Daoling didn't understand.
"Yes."
Gu Qingshan pulled a black book from his robes.
—The Book of the Seabed.
"Tell me at once, what treasure in this Five Elements War Zone can my master use to deal with the Heavenly Emperor's Gu worm?" Gu Qingshan asked.
"You owe me a day's worth of money," the Book of the Seabed said lazily.
"No problem," Gu Qingshan replied.
The Book of the Seabed opened by itself, revealing line after line of text on its pages.
—That's right. The Heavenly Emperor had an item that was a manifestation of the Four Saint Pillars: the Flame Spirit Pendant.
But the other three Saint Pillar soul artifacts—the Earth Coin, the Book of the Seabed, and the Wind Key—were all with Gu Qingshan!
He refused to believe he couldn't handle one of the Heavenly Emperor's Gu