Gu Guizong was extremely powerful, but he had one weakness: he relied far too heavily on magical treasures.
After all, his true profession was that of an artifact refiner, not any other combat class. The reason he was so powerful was entirely because Artisan God's Vault contained countless magical treasures. He could call upon those treasures to fight at any time. Thus, although he had never cultivated spells, secret arts, Daoist arts, martial arts, or other techniques specifically meant for battle, he still possessed countless methods of attack.
His fighting style was actually quite similar to Pei Jin's. Pei Jin relied on forging different blades to fight, while he refined innumerable magical treasures and used different treasures in battle.
The effect of Shifty-Eyed and Rat-Faced happened to restrain him at a critical moment, leaving him without any magical treasures to use!
Once he had no magical treasures to use, a mere artifact refiner was nothing to fear!
Li Xiao flew out of the cave. The next moment, he summoned the Black Light God. Naturally, he would not enter the first round of battle himself. Instead, he first summoned the Black Light God to wear his opponent down and probe him at the same time.
He opened a rift, and the Black Light God immediately flew out of it.
"Hmm?"
Gu Guizong, who had been focused on controlling the formation, sensed the Black Light God's presence at that moment. He abruptly opened his eyes and looked down the mountain.
In an instant, a streak of black light shot from the foot of the mountain straight toward its peak. Every tree in its path was instantly reduced to ashes.
Gu Guizong neither dodged nor defended. After glancing at the black light, he continued focusing on controlling the Earth-Escaping Heaven-Piercing Formation, even faintly