Three men in black landed on the branches of an ancient tree. The leader was holding a dark spear with doubts in his eyes.
"Boss, why doesn't this kid hide?"
The shorter man in black on the left asked in a low voice.
"Huh, just arrogant."
The leader in black sneered.
"Even Golden Body Realm Body Cultivator can't withstand the 'Black Fiend Three Absolutes Spear' combined attack technique of the three of us. He will definitely die."
The smoke gradually dispersed, but the expressions on the three people's faces suddenly solidified.
Gu Sheng stood intact on the spot. Although the robe on his body was broken, there were no scars on his exposed skin, which glowed with a faint golden luster in the sun.
"This is impossible!"
The man in black on the right exclaimed.
The leader of the man in black's pupils shrank suddenly and his voice was trembling.
"Golden Body Realm No, it's stronger than ordinary Golden Body Realm!"
Gu Sheng patted the dust on his body, raised his eyes and looked at the three of them, his eyes like knives.
"Is this all you can do?"
The three of them looked at each other and saw fear in each other's eyes.
The leading man in black made a quick decision.
"Withdraw!"
The three Dao Body shadows dispersed instantly and sped away in different directions.
"Want to leave?"
Gu Sheng snorted coldly and tapped his right foot lightly on the ground.
"Boom!"
The ground cracked, and Gu Sheng's figure shot out like a cannonball, catching up with the short man in black who was running the slowest in the blink of an eye.
"No, don't kill me!"
The man in black turned around in horror and hurriedly thrust out the spear in his hand.
Gu Sheng waved his hand casually, and the spear snapped, followed by a palm slap on the chest of the man in black.
"Poof!"
The man in black spurted out a mouthful of blood and flew upside down like a kite with a broken string. He broke several big trees before stopping. He was already dying.
Gu Sheng did not stop, turned around, and pursued the second target.
The second man in black heard the sound of the sky breaking behind him, gritted his teeth, took out a talisman from his arms, and crushed it violently.
"Black Fiend Escape Talisman!"
A cloud of black mist exploded, and the man in black's speed suddenly increased several times.
"Little tricks."
Gu Sheng's eyes were filled with golden light, his speed increased instead of decreasing, and he closed the distance in just a few breaths.
The man in black looked back and was frightened to death.
"What kind of monster is this!"
Gu Sheng volleyed his palm, and invisible energy hit the man in black on the back.
The man in black screamed and fell heavily to the ground, sliding more than ten feet away and unable to get up again.
The last remaining man in black had escaped hundreds of feet and was about to disappear deep into the jungle.
Gu Sheng, Qi and blood surged in the body, and the muscles in both legs suddenly tightened.
"Bang!"
An afterimage was left on the spot, and the real body of Gu Sheng had appeared in front of the leading man in black, standing with his hands behind his back.
The man in black stopped suddenly, his face pale.
"You you."
"Have you run enough?"
Gu Sheng asked lightly.
With a ruthless look in his eyes, the man in black suddenly pulled out a short knife from his waist and cut his palm. The blood instantly stained the blade red.
"Blood Fiend Slash!"
A bloody sword light struck Gu Sheng, its power was several times stronger than the previous gun light.
Gu Sheng still refused to dodge and allowed the sword to strike at his chest.
"Cang!"
The sound of gold and iron clashing sounded, and the bloody sword light dispersed, leaving only a white mark on the skin of Gu Sheng's chest, which disappeared in an instant.
"This"
The man in black was completely desperate, and the short knife in his hand fell to the ground with a clang.
Gu Sheng stepped forward slowly, and with every step he took, the man in black took a step back until his back hit a big tree, unable to retreat.
"Now, we can have a good talk."
Gu Sheng's voice was terrifyingly calm.
The man in black swallowed.
"What do you want to know?"
"Who sent you?"
Gu Sheng Straight to the point.
The man in black hesitated for a moment, Gu Sheng's eyes flashed coldly, and his right hand grabbed his throat like lightning and lifted him off the ground.
"I said. I said"
The man in black struggled to squeeze out a few words.
Gu Sheng Let go slightly, and the man in black falls to the ground and coughs violently.
"We are from the Black Fiend Sect. We have received the bounty mission from the Great Desolation Sacred Academy"
The man in black gasped.
"Someone offered 30 million High-grade Spirit Stone. to buy your life."
Gu Sheng frowned slightly.
"Great Desolation Sacred Academy?"
He did offend some people recently, but he didn't expect to alert Great Desolation Sacred Academy to issue a reward.
Great Desolation Sacred Academy is one of the top forces of Eastern Domain and has always been mysterious.
"Who is the employer?"
Gu Sheng asked.
The man in black shook his head.
"I don't know that Great Desolation Sacred Academy never discloses the information of the person who put the reward, we Black Fiend Sect just take money to do things."
Gu Sheng stared into the eyes of the man in black, and after confirming that he was not lying, continued to ask.
"How did you find me?"
"The employer gave us this token."
The leading man in black had a hoarse voice and tremblingly took out a green jade medal from his arms.
The jade tablet glowed with a faint cold light under the moonlight, with complex lines engraved on its surface, and there was a faint flow of black air.
Gu Sheng stared hard and reached out to take the token.
As soon as his fingertips touched the jade surface, a cold spiritual power wrapped around him like a poisonous snake, resonating subtly with somewhere in his body.
"This is."
Gu Sheng frowned slightly, Soul Power, who was at the Immortal Emperor level in the sea of consciousness, instantly swept across his body and found an almost imperceptible black energy in the corner of his dantian.
"Luo Gan's remaining soul?"
Gu Sheng suddenly had a cold light in his eyes.
He recalled the scene of killing Luo Gan in the valley that day, and the strange smile before his death finally gave him the answer.
"Good means."
Gu Sheng sneered and tightened his fingers suddenly.
The jade plaque shattered in response, and a wisp of black smoke sprang out from it, twisting and deforming in mid-air, gradually condensing into the ferocious face of Luo Gan.
"Gu Sheng. You can't escape"
Luo Gan's hoarse voice came from the black smoke, and then dissipated in the night wind.
When the three men in black saw this, their faces became even paler.
They are just killers who get paid to do things. Have you ever seen such weird methods?
Gu Sheng's gaze was like a knife, sweeping over the three people's faces.
"Go back and tell your employer that Gu Sheng is dead."
"This"
The leader of the men in black hesitated.
"The employer is very clever, if he finds us lying."
"He won't find out."
Gu Sheng interrupted, his fingertips suddenly tapped between the eyebrows of the three of them, so fast that no afterimages were left.
The three of them felt a chill on their foreheads and hurriedly retreated, only to find that there was nothing strange about them.
"What did you do to us?"
The leader of the men in black was frightened and angry. He immediately used his mental power to look inside his whole body, but found nothing.
Gu Sheng stood with his hands behind his back, his figure looking particularly slender under the moonlight.
"It's just a small trick. As long as you do what I say, you'll be fine. If you follow the rules, you'll be fine."
The corners of his mouth curved dangerously, and he held his right hand in the air.
"Ah!"
The three men in black screamed at the same time and knelt down with their heads in their hands.
They felt as if their souls were pierced by thousands of steel needles, and as if they were being kneaded wantonly by invisible hands, and they were in agony.
Gu Sheng stopped his hand at the right time, and the three of them immediately collapsed to the ground, their black clothes soaked in cold sweat.
"Do you understand?"
Gu Sheng's voice was calm, but it made the three of them feel like they had fallen into an ice cave.
"Obviously."
The leader of the men in black struggled to get up, his eyes full of fear.
"We will definitely do it."
Gu Sheng nodded.
"After the matter is completed, go to the Linlang Pavilion to find Miss Tantai, and say that I asked you to go, and she will lift the restriction for you."
The three of them didn't dare to say anything. They helped each other and left, quickly disappearing into the night.
As the three of them walked away, Gu Sheng's eyes became increasingly murderous.
"You don't have to sacrifice True Disciple Ranking disciples to put me to death. Xiao Beixuan, you are so generous!"
He should have thought that who else could mobilize such resources in the Great Desolation Sacred Academy, besides the superior dean of the holy church, Xiao Beixuan?
"It seems that Bai Yu's commission needs to be handled urgently."
Gu Sheng, his figure flashed and turned into a stream of light and swept away into the distance.
However, just after flying more than ten miles, Gu Sheng suddenly felt a distortion in the space in front of him, followed by a muffled "bang" sound. He seemed to have hit an invisible wall, and his whole body was violently bounced back.
"Forbidden air barrier?"
Gu Sheng stabilized his figure in the air and looked around warily.
The night was as dark as ink, and the mountains and forests were eerily silent. The breeze blew through the treetops, making a rustling sound, but it added to the chilling atmosphere.
"Now that you're here, why hide your head and show your tail?"
Gu Sheng said coldly, the spiritual power of the Immortal Emperor level spread out like a tide in the sea of consciousness.
In an instant, twelve powerful auras emerged in his perception.
The weakest one is at the peak of the sect realm, but the strongest Gu Sheng's pupils are shrinking, and he is actually a Earth King Realm strong man!
Gu Sheng felt the twelve yin air conditioners surrounding him, and cold sweat broke out on his back.
His eyes swept over these pale-faced weirdos wearing pitch-black armor, and alarm bells rang in his heart.
"Three sect realm peaks, nine king realms"
Gu Sheng secretly assessed the difference in strength between the enemy and ourselves, and unconsciously rubbed Northern Star Flower in his sleeve with his fingers.
This strange flower that can restrain living creatures may be useless against these monsters without a heartbeat.
"The appearance and aura match. He is the one the master is looking for."
The burly soldier at the head suddenly spoke, his voice as harsh as sandpaper.
He was over nine feet tall, and his armor was densely covered with dark red lines, which glowed strangely in the sunlight.
Gu Sheng suppressed the fear in his heart and asked pretending to be calm.
"Who are you?"
"Blood Fiend Twelve Riders, Tiangang."
The burly soldier answered mechanically and rolled his blood-red eyes.
"You are lucky. If you can pass the Lord's test, you may be able to become our companion."
"Blood Fiend Twelve Riders?"
Gu Sheng's pupils shrank.
He had read in ancient books that this was the most elite zombie army under Nether River Venerable. Each one of them had all the combat power in life, but completely lost their self-awareness.
Tiangang continued to speak in that smooth voice.
"I advise you not to resist. With your strength, even the weakest among Blood Fiend Twelve Riders is enough to capture you alive."
Gu Sheng's mind was spinning and he asked tentatively.
"Who is behind you? Why do you want to capture me alive?"
Tiangang seemed to be triggered by this question. He paused for a moment before answering.
"Lord Nether River Venerable, we have been ordered to come and capture you alive. The Lord will take you back intact for him to search for your soul. After that, you will become our companion."
When Tiangang mentioned the four words "Nether River Venerable", there was a strange fanaticism in Tiangang's eyes.
Gu Sheng keenly captured this detail, and at the same time noticed that among the twelve people, only his own heartbeat echoed in the chest.
"It's really a corpse puppet"
Gu Sheng thought to himself, and at the same time thought of the incarnation of the old man who was swallowed by Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron not long ago.
Could that be Nether River Venerable?
The Northern Star Flower in his sleeve was useless, so Gu Sheng decided to take a gamble.
He secretly mobilized the vitality in his body, and the shadow of Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron loomed behind him.
"Just go ahead and capture me. Resistance will only increase your pain."
Tiangang persuaded mechanically, and at the same time, the twelve people took a step forward, and the cold breath almost froze the surrounding air.
The moment Tiangang finished speaking, Gu Sheng suddenly broke out! The shadow of Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron completely appeared behind him, and a strange Source Power rose into the sky and poured into his body like a river flowing backward.
"This is."
Gu Sheng was surprised to find that the Source Power drawn from the tripod this time was completely different from the past, with a certain cold and ancient atmosphere.
Tiangang didn't seem to care about Gu Sheng's sudden increase in strength, and just gave orders mechanically.
"Di Sha, capture him."
The soldier named Di Sha stepped out in one step, and the pressure from the peak of the King Realm pressed towards Gu Sheng like a mountain.
He stretched out his big pale hands and grabbed Gu Sheng's throat from a distance.
Gu Sheng Instinctively wanted to dodge, but at this critical moment, the movements of the twelve soldiers suddenly stopped!
"My lord."
Twelve people, including Tiangang, knelt down on one knee. The dullness in their eyes was replaced by enthusiasm, and their voices were full of morbid piety.
Gu Sheng was stunned. He looked down at his hands wrapped in black aura, and a bold guess formed in his mind.
"Could it be that Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron refined the incarnation of Nether River Venerable, and when I used this Source Power?"
Gu Sheng The heart beats rapidly.
"In their eyes, I became Nether River Venerable?"
In order to verify this guess, Gu Sheng suppressed his excitement and ordered in a deep voice.
"Retreat."
The twelve soldiers did not hesitate at all, and instantly retreated several hundred feet, their movements uniform and terrifying.
Gu Sheng, said again.
"Come back."
As soon as he finished speaking, twelve black shadows flew back like lightning and knelt down three feet in front of him again, their armors colliding with each other with a crisp sound.
"Really control them"
Gu Sheng's eyes flashed.
He carefully looked at these once feared killing machines, but now they obeyed orders like the most loyal hounds.
Tiangang raised his head and looked directly at Gu Sheng with his blood-red eyes.
"Lord, please show me."
"Let's go!"
Gu Sheng With a low shout, the twelve warrior corpse puppets flew towards the north without hesitation.
He stood there, watching the figures disappear from sight, with the corners of his mouth raised slightly.
"The corpse puppet technique of the old ghost of Styx is nothing more than this."
Gu Sheng murmured to himself, the shadow of Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron looming in the palm of his hand.
"Let you blow yourself up and see how that old ghost still tracks me."
However, only half a quarter of an hour later, Gu Sheng's expression suddenly changed.
He sensed that the breath of the corpse puppets suddenly stopped, and then they changed direction and rushed towards his location at a faster speed.
"Not good!"
Gu Sheng's pupils contracted and he immediately understood the problem.
"There is a limit to the control distance. If it exceeds a hundred miles, they will regain consciousness!"
He quickly looked around. It was a deserted valley with rugged rocks and almost no hiding places.