Peerless Fierce Beast

Gu Qi didn't put the little bat king into his Universe Ring, but rather allowed it to use its innate ability to follow by his side. Even if an expert discovered the Bat King, Gu Qi wasn't worried about it being snatched away.

The Bat King had been hatched using his own blood essence, and would only acknowledge him as its master for the rest of his life. If someone else were to forcefully sever their relationship, they would probably only get the corpse of the Bat King. After doing all this, Gu Qi returned to the majestic Cloud City. The identity of this city guards team was very useful. They wouldn't be searched even if they entered or left the city. Many places were also provided with a lot of convenience, and even the experts of the Xuan King were respectful to Gu Shenwei. No one would humiliate him because of his low cultivation realm.

Gu Qi was very grateful to the general for this. Even if it was an illusion, he would still want to return the favor. Only by doing so would he be able to calm his heart down and avoid having internal demons.

However, if one were to speak of debt, then Gu Qi would likely be unable to repay the Bai Clan's kindness. It could be said that if he didn't have the assistance of the two sisters, Gu Qi might really have perished. Although the Bai Clan was incomparably mysterious, even Gu Qi didn't know what their karma would be. As long as they didn't cross the line, Gu Qi would definitely agree to the Bai Clan's request. He never thought that so many things would happen in this period of time. Even the legendary Nether Realm had been there, and it had even reached ten thousand years ago. I wonder how the Blue Luan and Feng Yu are doing.

The Blue Luan in the Divine Martial Sect had the protection of the Pride Shuang, but nothing would happen to it. It was just that … If he were to go out, he must return to Blackrock City to see Feng Yu. While Gu Qi was deep in thought, he had unknowingly arrived at the majestic Cloud City. However, he didn't pay attention to Gu Qi's situation, and even Xie Zi himself didn't know where he had gone to.

Gu Qi's investigation revealed that there was something strange happening outside the city. Initially, he didn't find anything wrong after he went to investigate, but something strange often happened, but it didn't affect the crowd at all. It still attracted a lot of attention and many people thought that this was a sign of the alien race's arrival. He could often hear the word 'alien', but only now did he realize that these two races weren't of the same species. In this world, humans, magical beasts, and spirits lived side by side in harmony. Even demonic cultivators didn't reject them.

Even the things needed for cultivation were obtained from corpses. Although they still somewhat hated demonic cultivators for cultivating, everyone still chose to remain silent and formed a balanced state, unlike ten thousand years later, when several races became enemies and were unable to coexist. The races also had a common enemy, and that was the alien race. It was said that foreign races appeared under the Northern Sea Xuan Bing. Wherever they appeared, a Xuan Energy vacuum would appear, preventing the cultivator from continuing to cultivate.

Not only that, but what they were eating were the flesh and blood of living magical beasts. Although humans would also need to consume magical beast meat to cultivate, they were no longer of the same concept. Everywhere the alien went, it would become a land of death, devouring all humans, magical beasts, and ghosts.

It was similar to Gu Qi's innate ability. Only by breaking all of the blood energy from their bodies into the Blood Demon Crystals would they be able to truly destroy those foreign races. Every time they fought with the foreign races, they would have to pay a heavy price and the different races would have no choice but to unite in order to strike a balance.

Although Gu Qi really wanted to see the real alien race, he couldn't guarantee that he would be able to escape from them alive. Furthermore, his goal was not to fight them, so he could only suppress his curiosity.

If there really was an alien race that appeared, General Ji Ming would definitely act personally. How could he not have been discovered by the Xuan King himself, and how could he not have suffered any casualties? There were only some strange occurrences. He realized that the number of soldiers in the city was decreasing. This was probably to hide things from the eyes and ears of the people. What happened next was what Ji Ming really wanted to do.

He didn't have the mind to deal with these mysteries. Doing so would be useless, and how to dispel the illusion was the most important thing. However, no one in the city knew anything about divine artifacts. Only the great general, Ji Ming, knew the situation of divine artifacts. Only by waiting for the general to come find him would he have the chance to investigate this information. What Gu Qi was doing now was to understand more about the world and find the loophole.

He hadn't expected that such a situation would only last for three days. Three days later, Gu Qi received the task information and was told to cooperate with the team leader to investigate the situation. If even a wood attribute profound spirit body like Gu Qi was sent out, then he would probably have no choice but to do so. The effect of this phenomenon was much greater than he had imagined, Ji Ming had definitely sent people to protect his safety, so that he wouldn't have to worry about his life. However, Gu Qi wasn't someone who would place his life in someone else's hands, and only he himself could control his own fate.

Indeed, as Gu Qi had expected, the one leading the group this time was a Profound Lord. The remaining few people were all experts at the peak of the Profound King. Only Gu Qi was someone who was not even at the level of the Profound King. His appearance immediately aroused the displeasure of the others. However, due to the fact that he was leading the group, they chose not to speak of it.

"Since everyone is here, I will talk about the mission. Aside from Gu Qi, the rest of the brothers here are already familiar with each other. Gu Qi is a wood attributed mysterious physique, so you have to protect him well.

The simple words of "wood attribute Profound Spirit Body" had completely changed the gazes of those people. There was no longer the previous scorn, and instead, there was a hint of scorching heat in the eyes of every single person, and they even seemed to be trying to curry favor with him. Amongst martial artists, who wouldn't have some hidden injuries? Other than someone with a heaven-defying talent like Gu Qi, who was able to ignore cultivation realms, cure pellets, and a Mysterious Spirit Body that could not be cured by medicinal masters, this person had become a treasure in the eyes of the crowd. Even ten thousand years ago was no exception.

The group of people patted their chests and said that they would take good care of Gu Qi, but Gu Qi didn't let down his guard in the slightest.

"Our task this time is to capture the creator of this phenomenon. We are already surrounded by an inescapable net, waiting for him to come. And all we have to do is not let him escape, of course he's not a foreign race, and I don't know what it is, but we'll find out when we get to him. Then we're ready to go.

"Okay." Everyone nodded their heads, and a spirit boat appeared in front of Gu Qi. The Spirit Vessel was as big as a basketball court. Although its appearance was simple and crude, unlike the Bai Clan's Spirit Vessel, its speed was not slow at all. It was comparable to the full speed of Xuan King.

The spirit boat soon stopped and everyone jumped off. The surroundings were still covered in yellow sand, looking no different from any other places. The leader put away the spirit boat and took out array flags from his storage ring to distribute to everyone present. Only Gu Qi didn't receive any.

"Brother Gu, you have to be at least in the Profound King Stage to activate this formation. It's up to us now. Little brother, you can just hold the line, and if anyone has overdrawn their profound strength, I hope that little brother can help.

The leader smiled at Gu Qi. His tone was full of sincerity, causing most of his temper to dissipate. This was exactly what Gu Qi was thinking. Although he had all sorts of trump cards that could match up to the Profound King, even his profound strength was much deeper than an ordinary first stage Profound King. However, this wood attribute Profound Spirit Body was already enough to attract the attention of everyone. The others took the array flags and looked at each other in tacit understanding before inserting them into the yellow sand. On every array flag, there were threads of profound energy, connecting them together. Mysterious array patterns appeared, appearing extremely mysterious.

Seeing this, everyone poured their Profound Spirit Qi into the formation flags, and the formation patterns that had absorbed the Profound Spirit Qi became clearer and more condensed. Previously, when the person leading the group asked Gu Qi to heal the person who had overdrawn their profound strength, Gu Qi thought it was just a joke. He never would have thought that this formation would quickly suck everyone's profound strength dry. If he were to exhaust all his profound energy here, what would he do if the target appeared?

Those people only felt an extremely gentle energy entering their bodies to repair the injuries caused by the excessive consumption of profound energy, and even the hidden injuries on their body was somewhat healed, not to mention profound strength. Although it had only increased by a little, during a life and death battle, this bit of profound energy could already determine a person's life and death, and even if it was the first time they had seen the body of a wood attribute profound spirit, it was truly a well-deserved reputation.

Even though their expressions hadn't changed, their movements were still as smooth as flowing water. Gu Qi could still see a flash of light in their eyes. Those who could cultivate to the level of the Profound King, aside from those favored ones of the Heavenly Dao, could raise their cultivation without cultivating. However, there were only a few of them, and most of them had trained through life and death experiences, so these people had become old foxes.

Even the ground had been set up with restrictions, making it impossible for them to use earth escape. It would probably not be that easy to escape with such a large formation, not to mention the fact that the ones in charge of the formation were all experts of the Xuan King level. Even if a Xuan Zun came in, he would only be exhausted to death in the formation.