"Get away!"
The middle-aged man was horrified and waved his long knife wildly, slashing out sharp blades in an attempt to drive back the vines.
However, he forgot that there are still nine Divine Flame Sword Qi waiting for the opportunity.
"Poof!"
A golden air sword seized the gap and instantly pierced his chest.
The golden flame spread rapidly at the wound, burning his flesh and blood.
"Ah"
The middle-aged man let out a shrill scream, and the energy in his body was instantly disrupted, and the sword light exploded in mid-air.
"No, I won't accept it"
He looked down at the bloody hole in his chest, and the golden flames had spread throughout his body.
"I am obviously Heavenly Martial Realm"
Gu Sheng approached slowly, his eyes as cold as ice.
"The realm that is forcibly improved is ultimately illusory."
"Swish swish!"
Countless thick vines took the opportunity to wrap around the limbs and torso of the middle-aged man. The sharp barbs pierced into the flesh and began to crazily suck out his blood and vitality.
"Don't let me go."
The middle-aged man's struggle became weaker and weaker, and his voice became hoarse.
"I am willing to offer all my treasures."
Gu Sheng looked at him expressionlessly.
"It's late."
In just a few breaths, the middle-aged man's body shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye, eventually turning into a lifeless mummy.
The vines of Heavenly Demon Vine glowed with dazzling blood, making them look even more eerie.
Gu Sheng stared at Heavenly Demon Vine in front of him. The golden and red lines had a strange luster in the sunlight.
The blood color is fading at a speed visible to the naked eye, replaced by a bright golden color, like molten gold flowing on the surface of the vines.
"Interesting."
Gu Sheng raised the corner of his mouth slightly and lightly touched the surface of the vine with his fingertips.
He could feel the surging vitality in it, which was several times more powerful than ordinary Heavenly Demon Vine.
"Absorbing the ancient Divine Phoenix Essence Blood, it is indeed extraordinary."
Heavenly Demon Vine seemed to respond to his words, trembling slightly, and a vine wrapped around his wrist affectionately.
Gu Sheng can clearly sense that the intelligence of this mutant strain Heavenly Demon Vine is much higher than that of the ordinary strain.
"Tenacity increased by 30%, devouring speed increased by 50%"
Gu Sheng closed his eyes and felt the message from the vines.
"If it is fully advanced, I'm afraid it can resist the attack of the Heavenly Martial Realm strong man."
A quarter of an hour later, Heavenly Demon Vine's advancement was completed.
On the surface, it looked like it had only grown in size, but through mental perception, Gu Sheng discovered that its internal structure had undergone qualitative changes.
A golden crystal the size of a rice grain condensed at the core of the vine, exuding a faint Divine Phoenix breath.
"Okay!"
Gu Sheng nodded with satisfaction and waved his hand to take Heavenly Demon Vine back into his body.
He could feel that this Spiritual Plant could contain at least one or two Heavenly Martial Realm early stage powerhouses.
"Tianyou City There is only one Heavenly Martial Realm on the surface, and at most one or two more secretly. Now I have the power to protect myself."
He looked up to the north, a gleam flashing in his eyes.
This Lifetime, he vowed to find an unprecedented avenue to reach the sky.
And Longevity Divine Cult's Earth Martial Realm's strongest method is an indispensable part of his plan.
At this moment, Innate Spirit Embryo in the sea of consciousness suddenly shook.
"Master, there are abnormal spiritual energy fluctuations ten miles due north, and the concentration is at least a hundred times that of the outside world!"
"Oh?"
Gu Sheng raised his eyebrows.
"Juling Pond or Juling Lake?"
"Not sure, but the spiritual energy has condensed into mist, there must be treasures from heaven and earth!"
Gu Sheng no longer hesitated, his figure flashed, turning into a stream of light and heading towards the north.
In a few breaths, he had arrived in front of a deep valley.
"This is."
Gu Sheng's pupils shrank.
The sight in front of me is shocking. The entire valley is shrouded in milky white spiritual mist, and the spiritual energy at the mouth of the valley is almost condensed into a liquid state, reflecting colorful light in the sunlight.
He suddenly felt that all the pores in his body were stretched.
This breath of spiritual energy is comparable to a low-grade Spirit Stone!
"If you can practice here."
Gu Sheng While he was thinking, his expression suddenly became stern.
"Who?"
A cold female voice came from the valley, and then, a white figure broke through the spiritual mist and stood in the sky.
It was a woman, about twenty-seven or seventy-eight years old, dressed in white clothes, with a delicate and picturesque face, but as cold as ice.
She wore a silver badge on her chest, with the same Tianyou Sect mark engraved on it as the middle-aged man before.
"Tianyou Sect person?"
Gu Sheng narrowed his eyes slightly and thought to himself.
"And it's Heavenly Martial Realm. It seems that this is the hidden powerhouse of the Tianyou Sect."
The woman's phoenix eyes were full of power, and she stared at Gu Sheng coldly.
"Who are you? Why did you break into my Tianyou Sect forbidden area?"
Gu Sheng handed over the hand without being humble or arrogant.
"Gu Sheng, I passed by this place by chance and noticed an abnormality in the spiritual energy, so I came here to check it out. I didn't know that this is a forbidden area for the Tianyou Sect. It's very offensive."
"Passing by by chance?"
The woman sneered.
"It would be too much of a coincidence for you, a Earth Martial Realm monk, to appear here alone in this barren mountain."
Gu Sheng noticed that when the woman was speaking, her right hand was quietly pressing on the hilt of the sword at her waist. Her aura was hidden, but she hid murderous intent.
He knew in his heart that as long as he made the slightest move, the other party would take action.
"Heavenly Nether Market's token?"
The woman sneered, and her slender fingers lightly touched the jade pendant hanging around her waist.
"What a coincidence, I also got it from Heavenly Nether Market. But the opportunity in the valley is only enough for one person to enjoy."
Before she finished speaking, the zhenqi all over her body suddenly exploded, and the Heavenly Martial Realm triple pressure surged towards Gu Sheng like a tide.
The gravel on the ground shattered under the pressure, making tiny crackling sounds.
Gu Sheng frowned slightly, but his feet did not move at all.
Nine Grotto-Heavens was quietly operating in his body, dissolving this pressure into the invisible.
"Why do fellow Daoists have to be so domineering?"
Gu Sheng's voice is calm.
"This valley is rich in spiritual energy, enough for two people to practice. Wouldn't it be better if each takes what he needs and doesn't interfere with each other?"
"Noisy!"
A cold light flashed in the woman's eyes. She pointed her right hand together like a knife, and a blade as black as ink slashed out instantly, making a harsh tearing sound in the air where it passed.
Gu Sheng's body was slightly sideways, and the light of the knife brushed against the corner of his clothes, leaving a mark about a foot deep on the rock wall ten feet away behind him.
Murderous intent flashed in his eyes, and golden light loomed in his left sleeve.
"Since fellow Daoist insists on doing so."
Gu Sheng sighed, suddenly stepped on his feet, and his whole body shot up from the ground like an arrow from a string.
"Seeking death!"
The woman shouted fiercely, waving her hands continuously, and the three sword lights, which were more solid than before, formed a glyph shape and blocked all Gu Sheng's escape routes.
At this moment, Nine Grotto-Heavens in Gu Sheng's body was fully opened, and the true energy all over his body surged out like a volcano erupting.
He formed a seal with his hands, and nine lines of Divine Flame Sword Qi, as red as blood, condensed and formed instantly in front of him.
"North Star Immortal Slaying Sword!"
With a low shout of Gu Sheng, the nine qi swords were divided into three groups, with three swords in each group, accurately facing the three swords.
The moment the sword light collided with the sword light, a deafening roar erupted in the valley.
The woman's originally disdainful sneer froze on her face.
Her pupils suddenly shrank, and she watched in disbelief as her sword light was smashed into pieces by those seemingly ordinary air swords. However, the air swords remained unabated and turned around to strangle her.
"How is that possible?!"
The woman exclaimed, and hurriedly waved out several sword lights to stop him, and at the same time, she retreated violently.
Gu Sheng jumped up again the moment he landed, his left arm glowing with golden light.
A golden vine as thick as a bowl shot out from his sleeve, growing in the wind, and in the blink of an eye turned into dozens of ferocious vines hundreds of feet long. Each vine was covered with dark red barbs, exuding a heart-stopping and evil aura.
"Heavenly Demon Vine, go!"
The woman's expression changed drastically when she saw this, and a long black-purple knife suddenly appeared in her hand.
As soon as the blade came out, the surrounding spiritual energy was suddenly chaotic, and there was faint purple lightning flowing on the blade.
"Zong Realm Divine Weapon 'Purple Fiend'?"
Gu Sheng's eyes narrowed and his vigilance increased.
To be able to possess such a treasure, the origin of this woman is by no means simple.
"You can be proud of yourself if you can force me to sacrifice Purple Fiend!"
The woman shouted coldly, and she swept her long sword across. A huge purple-black sword roared out, instantly cutting off the seven vines that first attacked.
Dark red liquid spurted out from the severed vine section, and when it fell on the ground, deep pits were corroded.
However, what is even more horrifying is that the broken vines re-grew at a speed visible to the naked eye, and returned to their original state in the blink of an eye. Gu Sheng shot out more vines from his left arm, rolling towards the woman overwhelmingly.
A cold light flashed in the woman's eyes, the long sword in her hand glowed with a cold green light, and the tip of the sword was pointed directly at Gu Sheng's throat.
She originally thought that this was just an ant that could be destroyed easily, but she didn't expect that the other party would be so difficult to deal with.
"Earth Martial Realm, you dare to be so presumptuous in front of me!"
The woman shouted coldly, and her sword flashed like a rainbow, instantly cutting off three incoming vines.
Gu Sheng raised the corner of his mouth slightly, took three steps back, and kept a distance from the woman.
"Tianyou Sect's people are indeed domineering. But it is still unknown who will live and who will die today."
"Arrogant!"
The woman laughed in anger, her sword force suddenly accelerated, and the green sword energy criss-crossed, cutting off all the surrounding vines.
However, after the broken vines fell to the ground, they squirmed like living creatures. New branches quickly grew from the fractures, and more vines regenerated in the blink of an eye.
There were only a few dozen vines in the beginning, but in a blink of an eye, they had grown to hundreds, densely surrounding the woman.
"Is this. Heavenly Demon Vine?"
The woman's pupils shrank, finally recognizing the legendary beast.
She was secretly frightened in her heart, but she didn't dare to pause in her sword moves.
"You can actually control such evil things!"
Gu Sheng didn't answer, but concentrated on controlling Heavenly Demon Vine's offensive.
He knew very well that facing the strong Heavenly Martial Realm, a slight distraction would be fatal.
The vines came like a tide, and the woman's sword was like lightning. Each sword could cut off several vines.
But if one vine is cut off, two or three vines will regenerate. In a short time, the number of vines has reached hundreds.
"Damn it!"
Beads of sweat broke out on the woman's forehead, and her breathing began to become erratic.
Although she is a dignified Heavenly Martial Realm fourth-level powerhouse, the Zong Realm Divine Weapon in her hands consumes an astonishing amount of energy. After slashing hundreds of swords in a row, the energy in her body is already exhausted.
Gu Sheng keenly noticed that Heavenly Demon Vine's regeneration speed began to slow down, and thought to himself.
"It seems that with Heavenly Demon Vine's current strength, it is the limit to deal with the Heavenly Martial Realm's fourth and fifth level."
His eyes were like a torch, watching the woman's every move, and his right hand was quietly making secrets, ready to use Nirvana Three Profound Transformations at any time.
Forty-five North Star Immortal Slaying Swords are already in the sleeves, waiting for the woman to reveal her flaws.
The woman's face became more and more ugly. It's not that she hadn't thought about breaking out, but these damn vines were too dense and too dense, giving her no chance to escape.
What frightened her even more was that the boy opposite had hardly used any martial arts except for one at the beginning, while she was forced into a panic by these vines.
"It can't be delayed any longer."
With a fierce look in her eyes, the woman suddenly bit the tip of her tongue and sprayed a mouthful of blood on the sword.
"Blood Fiend Soul Burning Great Law!"
With a sharp shout, the infuriating glow around the woman's body instantly turned to blood red, and her aura surged like a volcano erupting.
She was going to fight hard to get her vitality severely damaged and forcefully increase her strength to break through!
Gu Sheng's eyes condensed, and the sword technique in his right hand was already taking shape.
"Now!"
However, at this critical moment, a vine that had been dormant for a long time suddenly sprang out from the ground and wrapped around the woman's ankle like a poisonous snake.
The sharp barbs pierced the flesh mercilessly and penetrated deep into the bone marrow.
"Ah!"
The woman let out a cry of pain, and the surge of breath in her body suddenly stagnated, and then fell quickly like an ebbing tide.
She was horrified to find that the secret technique that was halfway through her body was abruptly interrupted, and the backlash made her meridians feel like they were struck by lightning.
"How is that possible?!"
The woman's face was full of disbelief.
"How could my secret method be..."
Gu Sheng was also stunned, but quickly reacted.
"Heavenly Demon Vine's toxicity?"
I saw that on the vine wrapped around the woman's ankle, the dark juice was being injected into the woman's body along the barbs.
The woman's originally fair skin turned a strange blue-black color at a speed visible to the naked eye.
"No this is"
The woman's voice began to tremble, and she felt a strange toxin spreading in her body. Wherever it passed, the true energy was stagnant and the meridians were blocked.
Heavenly Demon Vine sensed that the prey's vitality was weakening, and suddenly felt like smelling a bloody shark. Hundreds of vines rushed towards the woman, entangling the woman.
The sound of "puff" as the barbs penetrated the flesh was heard endlessly, and the woman let out a shrill scream.
"Stop! I am the granddaughter of ancestor Tianyou Sect! If you kill me, your family will be destroyed!"
The woman struggled and shouted, her voice filled with unprecedented fear.
Gu Sheng sneered.
"When you wanted to kill me just now, you didn't think about showing mercy."
"I, I can give you treasures. Any skills or techniques will do."
The woman's voice became weaker and weaker, and her skin shriveled up at a speed visible to the naked eye.
Heavenly Demon Vine greedily sucked the vitality of the strong Heavenly Martial Realm, and a strange red light glowed on the surface of the vines.
In just a few breaths, a living Heavenly Martial Realm strongman turned into a dark mummy.
With a "snap" sound, the mummy fell to the ground and broke into several pieces.
Gu Sheng walked closer to check, frowning slightly.
"Is this color poisonous?"
He squatted down and fiddled with the mummy fragments with the tip of his sword, and found that not only was the appearance dark, but the inside of the bones were also ink-colored.
"It seems that Heavenly Demon Vine gained poison after advanced, and it seems that it can break the warrior's secret method?"
Gu Sheng looked thoughtfully at Heavenly Demon Vine wrapped around his arm, recalling the Five Poisons Divine Cult warriors it had swallowed before.
"Is it because he absorbed too many poisonous martial arts warriors?"
Heavenly Demon Vine seemed to sense the owner's gaze, and rubbed his wrist in a flattering manner, completely missing the ferocious look just now.