The battle in the distance ended much faster than Gao Yuan expected.
Originally, he wanted to take this opportunity to watch the big scene of the battle between the big guys in the Soul Realm.
Unexpectedly, he had just set up his stance, and the battle on the opposite side had already come to an end.
All in all, this was a one-sided beating carried out by the jade-white giant bird that descended from Senior Yu Linglong, targeting the bloody figure.
Judging from the scenes observed by Gao Yuan from behind, under the continuous attacks of the jade-white giant bird, the bloody figure had almost no room to fight back.
After the battle, when the comparison began, the huge body of the bloody figure had become much looser and illusory.
It was seen that after he was once again bombarded by the light beam of the same color erupted by the giant jade-white bird, a blazing and boundless blood shadow suddenly erupted in his body.
In a very short period of time, the blood-colored light and shadow that expanded from the body of the blood-colored figure completely submerged its entire body.
Along with the earth-shaking energy tide, a huge bloody storm that covered the sky and sun emerged out of thin air with the original body of the bloody figure as the center.
However, under the increasingly violent attacks of the jade-white giant bird, this bloody storm only lasted less than three seconds before scattering and disintegrating.
For a moment, these dispersing bloody lights and shadows were seen, spreading in all directions like a tide.
But after the bloody storm dissipated, the huge bloody figure also disappeared from the spot.
At this point, this battle was more like a one-sided battle, and finally ended on its own with the bloody figure fleeing.
And as the bloody figure escaped, the remaining bloody light and shadow radiating from the latter's body in the void where the two sides fought were quickly wiped out by the increasingly intense jade-white light around them.
Although Gao Yuan was a little disappointed that he was not able to fully enjoy the battle between the spiritual monks.
But after seeing the bloody figure defeated and fled, he subconsciously breathed a sigh of relief.
He immediately stopped delaying and used his spiritual consciousness to lift Shen Wuyou, who was only alive beside him, and quickly activated his magical power 'Chaos Shuttle'.
After a slight blur, he disappeared in an instant and rushed towards the jade-white giant bird in the distance like lightning.
…
The east side of the Northern Territory.
There are dozens of bare mountain peaks surrounding it, and in the outer area further away, there is a valley of uninhabited wilderness for thousands of miles.
Hundreds of meters above the ground, deep underground, there is the center of an underground maze composed of countless underground caves.
Previously, the black-robed old man ‘Zong Gang’ summoned many of his ‘sowers’ remotely in the huge secret room.
At this time, in this originally ornately decorated secret room, both the surrounding walls and the ground below were filled with countless bloody lines that were as dazzling as lava.
Streams of intense and unusually bright blood-colored light continuously surged out from these densely arranged blood-colored lines.
The latter kept piling up in this secret room, filling every corner of this secret room.
The originally quite empty space was transformed into a sea of blazing and unusually bloody light.
Waves of surging and abnormal energy vibrations, like tides, emitted from these rich seas of blood-colored light from time to time.
Spherical blood-colored crystals the size of a fist and extremely bright in color are scattered and floating in these seas of blood-colored light according to a complex pattern.
I saw these spherical blood-colored crystals, each revealing a series of dark red thin lines with a slightly darker color.
Stably connected to other adjacent blood-colored crystals, they are woven together into a mysterious magic circle with unpredictable power.
And with the stable operation of this magic circle, the blood-colored energy gathered from the surroundings is continuously gathered and poured into the center of the magic circle.
There, there was a pure black futon about three feet in diameter.
And the old man in black robe, Zong Gang, was sitting cross-legged on it with his eyes closed.
At this moment, an inaudible shattering sound suddenly came from the surrounding void.
After a short delay, there was a series of dense and dull explosions coming from the magic circle.
Around this magic circle, the spherical crystals floating in the blood-colored sea of light exploded into countless fragments.
Almost instantly, the energy cycle of this magic circle was completely broken!
Suddenly, a large amount of out-of-control bloody energy violently charged into the secret room.
And ‘Zong Gang’, who is located in the center of the secret room, is naturally not immune.
More than half of the out-of-control bloody energy in the secret room swarmed back in his direction.
At this critical moment, the somewhat rickety body of the black-robed old man ‘Zong Gang’ suddenly shook violently.
Without seeing any additional actions on his part, an inexplicable suppressive force quietly descended and enveloped the entire secret room in an instant.
Under its influence, the bloody sea of light, which was already showing a tendency to collapse, seemed to be suppressed by some kind of powerful field and was forcibly calmed down.
After suppressing the out-of-control energy in the secret room, the black-robed old man ‘Zong Gang’ slowly stretched out his hands, each holding a mysterious magic formula, and slowly danced it on his chest.
Following his movements, the blood-colored energy in the secret room, which had been in an inexplicable quiescent state, began to operate in an orderly manner bit by bit, as if being guided.
Finally, under the guidance of the black-robed old man ‘Zong Gang’, he absorbed all of it into his body like a whale sucking water.
As the blood-colored energy was inhaled, an abnormal and pathological flush gradually appeared on the face of the old man in black robe, Zong Gang, who was as withered as tree bark.
Even the criss-crossing wrinkles on his face were deepening unknowingly, and more than a dozen additional lines were added.
This subtle change made him look a bit older than he was already.
"Ahem——"
After dealing with the formation riot in the secret room, 'Zong Gang', who had suffered serious injuries in the battle just now, could no longer bear it and coughed violently.
He waited until he sat there and tried his best to adjust his breath for a while, and then he gradually calmed down.
I saw him slowly opening his eyes, but on his increasingly older face, not only was there no sign of malaise after the physical trauma, but instead there was a strange look of excitement.
"Ahem!"
"As expected of a being who had traversed the four realms seven hundred years ago and killed three holy envoys of the Holy Religion one after another."
"This body's strength is truly worthy of its reputation!"
"It was actually able to steadily suppress me who had started the second stage in all aspects."
"Even if this is done with the help of the power of formation, it is still very amazing!"
"Well, judging from the feedback from today's battle."
"Unless I can successfully activate the third stage of the state, it will be difficult for me to be the opponent of this 'Yu Linglong'."
"And if I want to suppress it or even kill it, I have to at least wait until the follow-up, when I can activate the fourth stage of the state."
"Tsk!"
"These veteran spiritual monks who have been famous for a long time are really more troublesome than the last!"
The black-robed old man ‘Zong Gang’ coughed twice again and said to himself with a thoughtful look on his face.
Then he seemed to remember something and frowned slightly and said:
"In addition, the strength shown by the Hunyuan Realm monk who used the beacon to attract this 'Yu Linglong' is really not weak!"
"Although I only used less than 30% of the power of the 'Original Dharma Body' in order to seduce the 'Yu Linglong'."
"But it is still more than enough to deal with targets at the Hunyuan realm."
"What's more, the sword skills this person displayed later actually hurt my 'Original Dharma Body'!"
"With this kind of strength, if it were a 'sower' under the Holy Religion, except for the batch of 'seeds' cultivated by the Holy See personally, I am afraid that no one would be his enemy!"
"Could it be that this person is the successor who was cultivated by the rumored 'Yu Linglong' as a master and apprentice?"
"If it is this person, judging from his age, it is not incomprehensible that he can have the strength he has today."
"If we can capture it alive later, it will be a very rare blood sacrifice material!"
The black-robed old man ‘Zong Gang’ sat quietly on the spot, muttering to himself with a thoughtful look on his face from time to time.
Then he stood up on his own and disappeared from the spot in a flash.
…
After cleaning up all the remaining blood-colored lights and shadows in the surrounding space.
The giant jade-white bird slowly folded its wings and at the same time restrained the extremely blazing jade-white light emitted by it.
Seeing this, Song Wenli, who had found a place to hide on his own during the battle between the two sides, quickly mobilized the escape light and rushed forward.
Judging from the posture, he should be reporting the causes and consequences of what happened just now.
At this moment, Song Wenli, who was concentrating on the sound transmission, suddenly saw the jade-white giant bird in front of him, and turned his head to look in the direction behind him.
His heart was shocked, and he hurriedly turned his head and looked behind him.
I saw a gray rainbow light in an area about thirty or forty miles away from here, rushing towards this direction from far to near.
"This is……"
Song Wenli's heart moved, and a look of shock appeared on his face as he muttered to himself.
Although he had already witnessed the astonishing methods of Elder Gao before the arrival of the town guard ‘Yu Linglong’.
But when he saw clearly the two figures one behind the other in the approaching gray light on the opposite side, he still found it difficult to accept it.
He already knew the reason for the sudden departure of the elder Gao from the brief exchange with the town guard just now——
He was ordered to hunt down Shen Wuyou, who had escaped early.
"It's just... the speed with which you succeed is a little too fast."
Looking at the position behind the escaping light in the distance, Shen Wuyou's eyes were closed and he was in tattered clothes.
Song Wenli quickly calculated the time in his heart, and his heart became more and more shocked:
"The battle should only occur within the duration of a single encounter."
"In other words, Shen Wuyou probably didn't even receive a single blow in front of this elder Gao!"
He muttered a few words to himself helplessly, and Song Wenli felt that his mouth was extremely dry.
Since he joined Qingliang City, he has been with Shen Wuyou for more than two hundred years.
During this period, although the two of them did not compete with each other, during the long contact process, he still had some understanding of Shen Wuyou's methods.
The latter's overall strength was very strong. Even among the seven elders of Qingliang City, he was at least above average.
Even though Song Wenli thinks very highly of himself, he doesn't have much confidence in winning against Shang Shen Wuyou.
Who would have thought that even the powerful Shen Wuyou would end up with such a one-sided outcome when facing off against this elder Gao!
"That is to say, if it were me, I would probably not be able to pull off a move in the hands of this elder!"
As soon as he thought about this, Song Wenli's heart became more and more bitter.
At the same time, he felt deeply puzzled by Gao Yuan's exaggerated strength:
"How come there is such a huge gap in strength between monks who are both in the late Hunyuan realm?"
"I heard that Elder Gao joined Qingliang City after receiving a personal invitation from Senior Yu Linglong."
"Is there some special secret behind it?"
While his mind was spinning, Song Wenli's face didn't express much.
Seeing that he had come closer, he turned away from the high distance around him where the light was escaping.
An eager smile suddenly appeared on his face, and he greeted her with unusual affection.
…
"Master Guard, I'm lucky that this junior lived up to his command and captured Shen Wuyou."
"During the arrest just now, this person was extremely uncooperative and tried to resist with evil intentions."
"This junior has no choice but to suppress it by force."
After the light dissipated, Gao Yuan brought Shen Wuyou, who was as breathless as a gossamer, to the jade-white giant bird, bowed and explained with a salute.
"No problem!"
"This person colluded with the 'Ember' villains and plotted against the elders of the guests in the city. This is a crime that will never be redeemed."
"I asked you to capture him, but I just wanted to interrogate him and get some information."
After listening to Gao Yuan's words of apology, the giant jade-white bird incarnated by 'Yu Linglong' flapped its wings indifferently and responded via voice transmission.
"Okay, now that the matter here has come to an end, you two will follow me back to Qingliang City first, and we will talk about the follow-up matters after we return to the city."
When Gao Yuan heard this, he naturally had no objection.
Then he saw the giant jade-white bird in front of him, and three blazing white lights suddenly appeared around him, enveloping him, Song Wenli, and Shen Wuyou.
After a brief pause, a sense of stagnation emerged quietly in Qingliang City, using the 'Ke Qing Elder's Token' to activate the space channel.
At the same time, Gao Yuan felt that his consciousness was stagnant, and he suddenly fell into an endless silence where the six senses were blocked.
I don't know how long it took until his senses recovered.
Only then did he realize that he had returned to Lingyun Palace in the back hill of Qingliang City's blessed land.
"Tsk, in just such a short time, you directly crossed a distance of 30,000 miles?"
"This kind of ultra-long-distance teleportation is really convenient and cool!"