"Hahaha, Hong Gu is indeed someone with great fortune! I've heard that the Jade Pivot Sect is a great sect with a thousand-year history, and its seniors have even glimpsed the Immortal Realm. Its reputation on earth is no less than that of Mount Emei!"
Upon hearing Xu Long's words, Hong Gu's heart skipped a beat. A ripple appeared in her usually calm eyes, and a glint of light flickered in her deep gaze as she pondered something. Then, with her back to Xu Long, she slowly spoke:
"Fellow Mo Yu did not achieve his goal on Mount Emei. If you wish to ascend Mount Emei again, you must be absolutely certain of success!"
"Haha, please rest assured, Senior Hong Gu, the Blood Alliance cultivators will regard Mount Emei as their greatest enemy! However, seeing the Jade Pivot Sect in such a state, it will probably take many years for it to regain its former glory."
Xu Long deliberately feigned a sigh, shaking his head as he looked around the Jade Pivot Sect. He chuckled inwardly, realizing that his words had struck a chord with Hong Gu.
The Jade Pivot Sect was indeed closely monitoring the situation. They did not want the battle between good and evil to cool down, and instead tended to fuel the flames.
Her current warning to Xu Long about the power of Mount Emei is merely a test. Her real purpose is to ignite Xu Long's desire for revenge, so that she can use the Blood Alliance to continue to put pressure on Mount Emei and achieve the goal of using one wolf to devour another. Meanwhile, the Jade Pivot Sect will remain on the sidelines, watching from the sidelines and taking advantage of the chaos!
"Fellow Mo Yu, is this a provocation? Do you intend for my Jade Pivot Sect to use one wolf to devour another?"
Haha, same to you!
Upon hearing this, Hong Gu turned around and looked at Xu Long. The falling maple leaves immediately slowed their descent. At the edges of each maple leaf in the air, a sharp Geng Metal Qi could be faintly seen, and the atmosphere in Maple Leaf Mountain froze instantly.
Xu Long turned around and met her gaze without flinching, a graceful crimson figure appearing in his eyes. Although there was no fluctuation of Magic Power beside him, there was an earth-shattering aura in the murderous Maple Leaf Mountain.
"Hehe, then let's wait and see what good news Fellow Mo Yu has to offer!"
"Senior Hong Gu truly understands the bigger picture; the Jade Pivot Sect's resurgence is just around the corner! However, there's still one matter I need Senior Hong Gu's help with..."
Although Xu Long showed no signs of Magic Power, Hong Gu immediately withdrew the array formation in Maple Leaf Mountain after a brief eye contact with him.
The Geng Metal Qi on each maple leaf dissolved, swirling lightly in the sky before falling to the ground. The tense atmosphere in Maple Leaf Mountain was instantly relieved, and the cold glint in their deep gazes vanished.
The words that came out of her mouth seemed to indicate that she had made some kind of agreement with Xu Long. Upon hearing this, Xu Long immediately seized the opportunity and made another request to Hong Gu.
But before he could finish speaking, Hong Gu, as if she knew what he was going to say, simply shook her head slightly to interrupt him.
"That person is a powerful expert at the Immortal Realm! Fellow Daoist Mo Yu, you overestimate the Jade Pivot Sect!"
"Senior Hong Gu doesn't need to take action personally. Just keep him trapped for a while, and once I reach the summit of Mount Emei, the righteous faction will be weakened and he will naturally retreat. I think with the Jade Pivot Sect's resources, doing this shouldn't be difficult!"
"Fellow Mo Yu, are you truly confident that you can ascend Mount Emei again?"
"Please, Senior Hong Gu, activate the formation. Then we only need to observe and see what our Blood Alliance cultivators can do!"
A glint of light flashed in Hong Gu's deep eyes, and a trace of primal power shone through them. After hearing Xu Long's words, she seemed to be quickly deducing something.
Her tone revealed distrust of Xu Long. She was not unaware of the details of the previous battle; White Eyebrows, Fusion the Haotian Mirror, possessed terrifying combat power. Although Xu Long had not died under the Haotian Mirror, she had already gained an understanding of the power of Xu Long and White Eyebrows.
The glimmer in his eyes dissipated into wisps of fiery red energy, which then swirled within them. After a breath, the energy in his eyes gradually subsided, and his pupils regained their deep, profound appearance.
Xu Long naturally understood Hong Gu's worries. This was the drawback of his insufficient strength. If he had taken action earlier and wiped out White Eyebrows, none of this would have happened.
Fortunately, he also knew that this was an opportunity for the Jade Pivot Sect, and Hong Gu couldn't possibly be indifferent to it. However, trusting in the combat power of the True Dragon Clone, he pretended to be profound and stared at Hong Gu.
As Xu Long gazed into Hong Gu's eyes, he couldn't help but think to himself: The opportunities she spoke of on the Great Dao are probably no ordinary opportunities!
After a moment of deduction, Hong Gu's eyes were calm as still water, and a resolute look appeared on her pretty face. She seemed to have made a major decision about the future of the sect, and the thoughts that had been suppressed in her heart for a long time were released again.
Both she and Xu Long knew that under the suppression of Mount Emei, these great sects with thousands of years of history would slowly wither away, and as the pillars of their sects, how could they be willing to see a great sect fall into ruin?
Therefore, she has been waiting for a change in circumstances. If the Jade Pivot Sect wants to regain its former glory, it must seize this opportunity to cooperate with the Blood Alliance!
She crushed several talismans in her sleeve, and then the maple leaves that were flying all over Maple Leaf Mountain gathered in front of Hong Gu. Countless maple leaves slowed down their falling speed and went one by one in one direction.
The maple leaves gathered together swirled in front of Hong Gu, as if controlled by a pair of giant hands, arranging them into formations in the air. When the maple leaves in front of Hong Gu gathered to a certain extent, the Power of Laws of heaven and earth emanated from them, and she stretched out her palm in the air.
Nine extremely ancient array flags were slowly rotating in his palm. As his magical Magic Power surged into the array flags, an ancient energy burst forth within his body.
The array flag spun and rose in his hand, then grew larger and larger in the wind among the maple leaves, instantly covering the sky and the sun above the mountain. With the surge of Magic Power, the huge array flag seemed to have a self-awareness, finding its own position and falling among the maple leaves.
The immense Magic Power was instantly channeled into countless maple leaves by the array flags. The gathered maple leaves seemed to burst into flames under the infusion of Magic Power, revealing a fiery red color in front of Hong Gu.
The countless leaves gathered in Maple Leaf Mountain resembled a ball of heavenly fire falling to the ground. As the howling mountain wind swept by, the countless swaying maple leaves, carrying the Power of Laws, seemed to ignite the sky.
At this moment, a dazzling light shone before Hong Gu. A moment later, a massive array had taken shape amidst the gathered maple leaves. Within the array lay the Power of Laws connected heaven and earth, and the array flags bore the world rules that transcended Space-Time.
"Fellow Daoist Mo Yu, please!"
After the precious light among the maple leaves dimmed slightly, Xu Long saw Hong Gu in the formation. She had changed into her usual attire, and her cross-legged sitting posture concealed her snow-white ankles and silver bells under her ruqun skirt.
Xu Long glanced at it, a hint of disappointment flashing in his eyes, before taking a step and disappearing into the maple leaves.
Hong Gu ignored the slight emotion on Xu Long's face. After he entered the formation, the huge array flag began to move, and countless maple leaves, carrying the Power of Laws, swirled in the air, like a fiery red sun about to burst forth with fierce energy.
Xu Long, who was in the formation, felt a strange surge of energy. As the maple leaves carried the immense energy, the Law of Space-Time became more and more obvious on the formation flags within them. The figures of Hong Gu and Xu Long blurred for a moment in the formation.
The fiery red before their eyes turned dark in an instant, and when the light returned, the two had arrived at the Zhuolu Ancient Battlefield.
Beneath the ravaged mountain range lies the Chi You Chi You Blood Cave Chi You Blood Cave, where two hidden energies lurk outside. Beside her, Hong Gu opens her palm and instantly retracts nine ancient array flags.
The enormous array flag shrank rapidly in mid-air before landing steadily in Hong Gu's delicate palm. Xu Long was secretly shocked.
The formation we just saw was actually an ancient teleportation array!
The Jade Pivot Sect and the ancient battlefield are thousands of miles apart. Although cultivators can shorten the distance and teleportation is commonplace, these methods can only be considered as moving within space. Even if I travel at full speed, it will still take Kung Fu Hustle to get here using this method.
The array in Hong Gu's palm could send a person tens of thousands of miles away in the blink of an eye. This was no ordinary supernatural power; it was movement outside of space. The ancient array flags were imbued with the power of the Law of Space-Time!
An ancient teleportation array—this is the foundation of a major sect, much like the Haotian Mirror of Mount Emei. With this array, no matter the battle situation, one can remain invincible.
When Hong Gu noticed the surprise in Xu Long, a subtle smile flashed in her deep eyes, revealing that the foundation of a major sect was far from ordinary.
Cooperating with the Blood Alliance cultivators is tantamount to seeking help from a tiger; appropriately flexing one's muscles will help ensure a smoother cooperation between the two sides.
Upon reaching the outside of Chi You Blood Cave, before Xu Long could speak, Hong Gu activated the formation and left. She and Xu Long had been scheming against each other, and now that they had reached the final step, there was no need to play mind games anymore. Besides, she also wanted to see what Xu Long would rely on to ascend Mount Emei again.
As the array formation in her palm continued to solidify, the broken mountain range below trembled. Hong Gu paused in mid-air, her divine sense closely connected to the array flags below, and all her magical Magic Power was channeled into the array flags through her divine sense.
The two array flags, which were covered by the earth, suddenly trembled after being infused with Magic Power. Then, as Hong Gu manipulated them with her divine sense, the energy hidden outside Chi You Blood Cave began to emerge.
The two buried array flags shifted their positions again, causing a violent tremor in the earth. The dust that had settled in the valley was stirred up by the rolling energy, and countless plumes of smoke filled the air.
Beneath the smoke and dust, a seal within the valley shone brightly amidst the energy!
Under Hong Gu's manipulation, two completely different energies began to rotate counterclockwise, and the clouds above the heavens suddenly split open, drawing out a powerful energy from beneath the sky into the formation.
Rumble!
A deafening roar echoed across the land, and as the two energies converged counterclockwise on the Yellow Emperor Seal, the once tranquil mountain range began to tremble violently.
Heavy Magic Power surged beneath the energy, and once again, a roar from the distant past echoed from the ancient battlefield, which had been covered in dust for millennia.
The Yellow Emperor Seal at the center still shone brightly, but the surging energy bypassed the central part after gathering. The immense energy searched for weak points outside the Chi You Blood Cave, and at the four corners of the seal that had been corroded by time, the immense energy in the formation began to violently impact.
The tremors on the earth grew more and more violent, and strange phenomena in the world became more and more frequent. Hong Gu was in the air, frowned, and a hint of doubt flashed in her deep eyes.
She felt that activating the formation outside the Chi You Blood Cave again required even more energy than the first time. Could it be that something had happened inside the Chi You Blood Cave?
Glancing at Xu Long beside her, Hong Gu focused her attention on the Yellow Emperor Seal that was about to be activated below.
She and Xu Long are currently using each other, each wanting to use one enemy to devour another, and have thus temporarily reached a consensus. She doesn't fully trust Xu Long's strength; judging from the previous battles, he and the forces guarding Mount Emei by White Eyebrows are at best evenly matched.
However, Xu Long's certainty about the power inside the Chi You Blood Cave also piqued her curiosity. She wanted to see what kind of power inside the Chi You Blood Cave made Xu Long rely on it so much.
As the hand seals in her palms were completed, a peculiar magical Magic Power flashed in Hong Gu's deep eyes, her pure gaze seemingly containing the vastness of the starry sky.
Tiny points of light shimmered and expanded in the pupils, like countless stars reflected in the Milky Way, with the rising and setting of the sun and moon shimmering within them. This vast spectacle all emanated from a pair of small eyes, and as they closed, one couldn't help but feel that they contained mysterious secrets of the heavens.
When the Magic Power that flashed from Hong Gu's eyes merged with the vast energy within the formation, even the Yellow Emperor Seal at the center trembled slightly. Beneath the seal, which had remained unopened for countless eons, a strong vibration also began to occur.
As the energy deepened, the two energies rotating above the seal finally converged, and the energy scattered at the four corners also found a breakthrough point that had been decayed by time.
A rumbling sound came from beneath the seal, and a surge of energy, eager to break through, seemed to sense the changes outside and launched an attack inside Chi You Blood Cave.
The light shimmering on the Yellow Emperor Seal was obscured by a Celestial Phenomenon, and a look of solemnity appeared in Hong Gu's eyes. She knew that the energy contained within the seal being opened this time was far beyond anything she had seen before!
A series of cracking sounds echoed across the earth as the solid ground began to sink into the crust under the pressure of the energy. The billowing dust instantly swept across the ancient battlefield, creating an illusion of the sky being completely obscured by the thick smoke.
Xu Long and Hong Gu looked at each other in the air, both seeing surprise in each other's eyes.
When the center of the ancient battlefield completely cracked open, the Yellow Emperor Seal on it was still radiating light, but it was completely covered by a strange energy. The binding law that had never diminished over millions of years seemed to have lost its effect by now.
A muffled "thump" sounded from one corner of the seal, like a metal bar prying open a sealed can. The dull sound brought a long-lost joy to the heart.
The ancient battlefield below, which had been violently shaking, suddenly stopped trembling. From the sky-covering dust, two blood-red lightning bolts suddenly shot out. These sharp lightning bolts seemed to come from another world, passing through numerous obstacles and sweeping across the sky-covering dust.