She hesitated for a moment, then hid the High-grade Spirit Stone given by Gu Sheng close to her body.
When she packed her bags and rushed out of the inn door, Gu Sheng's figure was already waiting there.
He was holding a heavy leather bag made of special material, which was obviously supplies he had just taken from the Linlang Pavilion.
The chaos and fighting in the town are close at hand. To the east and west, the defense lines temporarily organized by Headhunter Gang and Formation Breaker Gang were already in close contact with the vanguard of the Remnant Soul!
Screams, roars, and explosions of energy collisions are endless.
In mid-air, countless twisted remnant soul figures pounced down, and each pounce was accompanied by the screams of the warriors and the ripples of their souls being torn apart.
The light of defense was crumbling under the impact of the huge wave of remnant souls. Warriors continued to fall, their bodies intact, but their eyes completely lost their luster, and their souls were swallowed up.
"Brother!"
Gu Yuan ran to Gu Sheng and looked at the scene in front of her, especially when she saw some familiar faces falling silently under the attack of the remaining souls. There was unbearability and struggle in her eyes.
She suddenly looked up at Gu Sheng, her voice pleading.
"Brother! You... you are so powerful, can you... can you help them? Save this camp?"
Gu Sheng's eyes swept across the chaotic battlefield, and the figures of the warriors who struggled to resist but were constantly overwhelmed by their remaining souls came into view.
His eyes didn't waver at all.
"Twenty thousand Earth Martial Realm remnant souls, mixed with sect realm, and there is an endless supply."
Gu Sheng's voice is cold and rational.
"The warriors here have varying levels of cultivation and different hearts, and they are fighting on their own. They can't defend it. My action may delay it for a moment, but it won't change the outcome. It will only attract more remnant souls to siege, and may even alert more terrifying existences deep in the ruins."
He paused and his eyes fell on Gu Yuan's face.
"Staying here is meaningless except for losing a few more lives. Leaving now is the only option."
Gu Yuan looked at the emotionless eyes of Gu Sheng, and then looked at the defense line in the distance that was constantly being impacted and shattered by the wave of remnant souls, as well as more and more figures falling in the darkness...
The reluctance and struggle in her eyes were eventually replaced by a cold sense of reality.
Yes, it can't be saved. Staying will only lead to death.
She is not a savior, she is just a low-level warrior struggling to survive.
She still has her own secrets, and the slim hope hidden in Hall of a Thousand Souls...
She suppressed the complicated emotions in her heart and her eyes became firm again.
"I understand, brother. I'll go with you!"
Gu Sheng said no more and handed the leather bag in his hand to her.
"Get it."
Gu Yuan quickly took it, and it was heavy. It was obviously filled with supplies prepared by the Linlang Pavilion.
"Hold my waist tight."
The voice of Gu Sheng came.
Gu Yuan's body stiffened.
Although her identity had been revealed, the intimate physical contact of "hugging her waist tightly" still made her feel a strong sense of shame and her cheeks felt slightly hot. But the situation was critical at the moment and there was no room for her to hesitate.
She gritted her teeth, put aside her distracting thoughts, stepped forward, stretched out her arms, and hugged Gu Sheng's waist tightly.
Through the clothes that were not too thick, she could clearly feel the tough and explosive muscle lines in the other party's waist and abdomen, as well as the steady and powerful heartbeat.
A faint breath penetrated the tip of her nose, making her heartbeat inexplicably speed up and her cheeks turn redder.
Gu Sheng had no reaction to this, as if he just brought a piece of luggage.
He kneaded the secret with one hand and shouted in his mouth.
"Get up!"
An invisible force instantly enveloped the two of them.
Gu Yuan felt a lightness under his feet, and his whole body was lifted into the air, shooting towards the direction of the huge dark cloud - the depths of the ruins of the ancient city!
Extremely fast! The strong wind blew against his face, making Gu Yuan almost unable to open his eyes. He could only hug Gu Sheng's waist tightly and bury his face behind his back, feeling the pushing feeling on his back brought by the astonishing speed.
Below, the chaotic town quickly grew smaller and farther away in the field of vision.
The dark cloud of remnant souls was surging in from another direction, less than a few miles away from the town!
The desperate cries and fighting sounds were drowned out by the howling wind.
Gu Sheng Yukong was extremely fast, flying almost close to the tops of the dilapidated buildings and jagged rocks outside the ruins.
He did not choose to rush directly into the sky, as that would be too big a target and would easily become the target of the remnant soul.
Although low-altitude flight requires constant avoidance of obstacles, it is relatively invisible.
As soon as they left the town but more than ten miles away and penetrated deep into the outer area of the ruins, Gu Sheng's speed suddenly slowed down and finally hovered in mid-air.
Gu Yuan felt the change in speed, carefully raised his head and looked forward.
I saw a layer of gray mist filling the originally relatively empty wasteland of ruins ahead of me.
In the fog, dozens of twisted, translucent humanoid silhouettes emerged!
They exuded a cold and dead breath, and their empty eyes seemed to penetrate the mist, locking on the two people in the air!
These remnant souls were obviously attracted by their high-speed moving breath and intercepted them in advance!
Gu Sheng led Gu Yuan through the air. The speed was so fast that he left the chaotic town far behind in an instant.
On the ground below, those warriors who were fleeing or struggling to resist felt a blurry afterimage flying past their heads with a sharp sound of breaking through the air, so fast that it was impossible to see what it was.
"Damn it! Who can run so fast!"
"Asshole! Just run for your life!"
"If you have this ability, why don't you stay and help!"
Many warriors saw clearly that someone was escaping from the air, and they immediately cursed, their tone full of anger, jealousy and despair.
At this critical moment of life and death, seeing someone escape so easily while I was trapped in a desperate situation, the resentment caused by this contrast was particularly strong.
Gu Sheng turned a deaf ear to the curses coming from below, and his expression did not change at all.
He took Gu Yuan and did not rush directly into the depths of the ruins. Instead, he landed in a hidden mountain col dozens of miles away from the town.
The terrain of the mountain col is high and the view is wide. The two stood on the edge of the cliff, looking in the direction of the town.
I saw that the huge dark cloud of remnant souls had completely enveloped the town!
From a distance, the town looks like it is wrapped in a huge, wriggling black cocoon.
A fierce light of energy erupted inside, which was the last resistance of the warriors in despair. However, the light was quickly overwhelmed and extinguished under the impact of the boundless wave of darkness.
Screams, roars, and bursts of energy could still be heard faintly, even though they were dozens of miles away, with a heart-stopping despair.
The resistance lasted for less than a stick of incense before completely collapsing!
Three rays of light of different colors suddenly shot into the sky from the black cocoon, and fled away from the ruins without looking back!
Those three escaping light auras are powerful, far beyond the sect realm. They are Headhunter Gang, Formation Breaker Gang and the leader of another gang!
Even these three Heavenly Martial Realm experts chose to abandon the camp and escape alone without hesitation!
As the three leaders fled, the last remaining will of resistance in the camp completely collapsed.
The black wave completely swallowed up the town, and countless remnant souls poured into the simple houses. Miserable screams came one after another, and then quickly fell into deathly silence.
All that was left in the town was the rolling, suffocating darkness.
Gu Yuan looked at this scene, his face turned pale and his body trembled slightly.
Although she already knew the outcome, the impact of witnessing a gathering of thousands of people being completely wiped out in such a short period of time still sent chills all over her body.
She subconsciously clutched the leather bag containing supplies in her hand, her knuckles turning white from the exertion.
"Did you see that?"
Gu Sheng's voice sounded beside her, calm and calm.
"This is the end of the weak. In the face of absolute power, struggle and resistance are sometimes meaningless."
Gu Yuan turned his head suddenly and looked at Gu Sheng.
That Zhang Ping's quiet face looked particularly deep against the dark background in the distance.
She remembered what the other party said in the inn, about her bloodline, about the transaction...
A strong, unprecedented desire grew crazily in her heart!
She didn't want to be one of those silent ants below!
She didn't want to be like before, groveling for a few pieces of low-grade spiritual jade, dressing up as a man and walking on thin ice in order to survive!
She wants power! The power to control your own destiny!
"Brother!"
Gu Yuan's voice had an imperceptible tremor, but was extremely firm.
"The deal you mentioned before... I agree! I am willing to follow you! Please... please teach me to become stronger!"
Gu Sheng's eyes fell on her face, looking at the fire burning in her eyes, which was the extreme desire for power.
"Get stronger?"
Gu Sheng's tone was elusive.
"What is strong? Earth Martial Realm? Zongjing? Heavenly Martial Realm? Or higher? The definition of strong will change with your vision.
You now feel that Heavenly Martial Realm is very strong, can fly in the air, and can dominate a party. But when you stand at that height, you will find that Heavenly Martial Realm is just getting started. "
Gu Yuan was stunned.
She had never thought about it. For her, breaking through to the sect realm is already an unattainable dream.
Heavenly Martial Realm? That was the existence she looked up to.
higher? What is that realm?
"I..."
She bit her lip, but her eyes became firmer.
"I don't know what true strength is, but I want to become stronger! Ten times, a hundred times stronger than now! So strong... so strong that I won't be like today again, where I can only watch others die while I can't help but run away!"
She seemed to have made up her mind, bent her knees, and knelt down directly towards Gu Sheng!
"Brother! No! Senior!"
Gu Yuan raised his head and looked at Gu Sheng with burning eyes.
"I, Gu Yuan, would like to worship you as my teacher! I sincerely ask you, senior, to accept me as your disciple! Teach me the great way! My disciples must practice hard and never betray me! I beg you, master!"
She no longer mentioned the deal, but directly requested to become a disciple!
This was her decision after careful consideration. Trading is equal exchange, and becoming a disciple is true attachment and inheritance!
She wants to seize this opportunity and truly embark on the road to becoming a strong person!
Gu Sheng looked at the girl kneeling in front of her (she no longer concealed herself at this moment, and her voice returned to its original Qingyue), with subtle fluctuations in her eyes.
He was silent for a moment.
There was silence in the mountain col, except for the faint roar of beasts and the sound of wind coming from the depths of the ruins in the distance.
"Get up."
Gu Sheng finally spoke.
"Apprenticing to a master is no trivial matter. After returning to Great Desolation City, burning incense and bathing, and performing a formal apprenticeship ceremony, the title of master and disciple can be determined."
Gu Yuan heard this, and his eyes instantly burst into surprise!
Although he didn't agree immediately, it was already a tacit consent!
"Yes! Disciple understands! Thank you Master!"
She stood up excitedly, her voice choked up.
She knew that the trajectory of her life would completely change from this moment on.
"Don't rush to call Master yet."
Gu Sheng's tone was still calm.
"Becoming my disciple will be very hard. It will be a hundred times harder than you think. If you can't endure the hardship, it's still too late to regret it now."
"Disciples are not afraid of hardship!"
Gu Yuan answered decisively, without any hesitation in his eyes.
"As long as I can become stronger, no matter how hard or tiring it is, my disciple is willing to do it!"
Gu Sheng nodded slightly and said no more.
He turned around and looked back at the dead ruins of the town in the distance, seeming to be thinking about something.
Gu Yuan stood behind him, feeling excited, full of longing and anxiety about the future. Just when she relaxed a little -
A sudden change occurred!
Without any warning, the space beside Gu Yuan rippled!
A twisted afterimage appeared out of thin air with only the upper body left!
This residual image exudes a far more horrifying cold Death Qi than the previous remnant souls, and it has suddenly reached the level of the Heavenly Martial Realm!
It also held a rusty, broken ancient sword in its hand that exuded fierce killing intent. The tip of the sword was pointed directly at Gu Yuan's back vitals!
The speed is as fast as teleportation!
Gu Yuan didn't even have time to react. She felt a chill that pierced her soul instantly enveloped her, and the shadow of death loomed over her head!
All the blood in her body seemed to solidify at this moment!
At the moment when the broken ancient sword was about to pierce Gu Yuan's body, a slender and powerful palm appeared silently behind Gu Yuan, grabbing the head of the sneak attack remnant soul with incomparable precision!
The figure of Gu Sheng was standing behind Gu Yuan at some point!
The remnant soul of the Heavenly Martial Realm let out a silent scream, full of violence and madness!
The remaining half of its body twisted and struggled wildly, and the broken ancient sword in its hand erupted with a dazzling black light. With a sharp energy that ripped apart the space, it slashed hard at the arm grabbing its head!
clang! clang! clang!
The ancient sword struck Gu Sheng's arm, making a crisp sound of gold and iron! Sparks fly!
Gu Sheng's arms are as if they are made of divine gold, not even a white mark is left!
The sword edge that could easily tear through the body-protecting energy of a sect-level warrior was unable to injure him at all!
The remnant soul seemed to be completely angered, struggling and roaring even more crazily, Death Qi surged, trying to erode Gu Sheng's palm.
Gu Sheng's eyes were slightly cold, and his five fingers were about to exert force to completely crush this remnant soul that did not know whether to live or die!
At this moment, the mutation reappeared!
In the qi sea dantian of Gu Sheng, the statue of Nine Dragon Universe Cauldron, which had been silent for a long time, seemed to be attracted by some kind of strong attraction, and it vibrated violently on its own!
An indescribable terrifying momentum that seemed to be able to suppress the heavens and smelt all things erupted from Gu Sheng's body uncontrollably!
The invisible air wave spread suddenly with Gu Sheng as the center, and the surrounding space was distorted and oscillated! The gravel and vegetation in the mountain col were instantly crushed into powder by this momentum!
Gu Sheng's movements suddenly stopped!